Word: shave
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Henry Ford II cut the ground from under the price raisers. With a shrewd sense of public relations, Young Henry reduced the prices of Fords $15 to $50. Said he: the Ford Company was finally making money after a year in the red and could afford to shave prices, hoped to reduce them further. This "shock treatment" was the company's down payment toward stable prosperity. (It would also take some of the steam out of the U.A.W.'s demands for pay raises...
...Comercio: "In the morning the cook must take a streetcar to the hospital to see if she can get some water. She usually returns late and without any, so we have lunch at 4 p.m. without a drop to wash our hands. . . . Whenever I need a shave, I buy a bottle of beer...
Added attractions: good "music to listen to-not just to eat to, to talk to, or to shave to"; a chapter a day read from a current bestseller. A medical research program, written by a practicing bacteriologist, and a scientific review are scheduled for once a week. Every Sunday morning The Meaning of Religion will bring talks by Washington clergymen. The first: "Where Now Is Thy God?" by Unitarian A. Powell Davies (TIME...
When John L Lewis entered a barbershop and settled himself in Sidney C. Martin's chair, Martin concentrated on getting a grip on himself. "A shave and a facial massage," said Lewis. Barber Martin, who liked to tell people during the coal strike that if he ever got hold of Lewis he would take the famed eyebrows right off, got out his razor. Then a photographer entered, set off a flashbulb. Lewis bounded out of the chair with a growl, grabbed the photographer's film-holder, smashed it, drove him away, sat down again. Barber Martin gave...
Until Tuesday night, the Common-wealth Avenue crowd had shown little in the way of basketball prowess, but that evening the Terriors came to life in the Boston Garden to give Holy Cross its closest shave of the season. The Crusaders won by four points. Previously, B.U. had dropped games to M.I.T., a Varsity victim, and Syracuse, while their only victory came at the expense of Clark University...