Word: shaver
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...have been compared to those of a dying quail. But neither simile is apropos in the case of Bud Freeman. His playing is not as raucous as Young's nor as feeble as Russell's. It is subdued, vibratoed, and a little raspy like the sound of an electric shaver after it has been dropped a couple of times...
...personality of opposites. Her father's family of lawyers gave her a tough masculine mind; her mother's family of artists a highly feminine creative touch. In her 22 years at Lord & Taylor's she used them both to advantage. Under the team of Hoving & Shaver, Lord & Taylor became one of the nation's swank stores. And Dorothy Shaver became one of Manhattan's top purveyors of fashion...
...Shaver. For the most part she has created her own jobs. In quick succession, she was appointed to the Board of Directors, made vice president, then first V.P. in charge of displays, merchandising, public relations...
...career woman, Dorothy Shaver professes to believe that every woman should marry eventually. But she prefers to remain wedded to her work, takes time out only for such things as the New Year's Egg Nog party for employes in Lord & Taylor's executive offices...
...outside New York, Lord & Taylor announced that plans would go forward for expansion inside the city limits. It will open ten branches in outlying metropolitan districts, a new uptown Fifth Avenue store, close to Rockefeller Center and Best & Co.'s new store. In carrying out this expansion, Dorothy Shaver will have the help of able Van Buren Sims, first vice president. What Dorothy Shaver's uptown store will look like, no outsider knows. But New Yorkers will expect a fashion treat...