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Word: shaves (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That the Labor Ministry had a close shave on the Rent Bill was admitted in an exchange of pleasantries that night, at the National Gallery Centenary Dinner, between the Premier and Lord Curzon, die-hard ex-Foreign Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMONWEALTH: Parliament's Week: Apr. 14, 1924 | 4/14/1924 | See Source »

...apostle of the close shave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Feb. 25, 1924 | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

...apostle of the close shave is under no necessity of practising this policy financial-wise. Comparing the 1923 statement with that of 1922, cash has increased from $4,089,477 to $5,925,428, receivables declined from $6,775,853 to $4,957,518, and inventories risen from $3,024,010 to $3,758,880. Total current assets have increased from $13,889,340 to $14,641,826. Total current liabilities,' on the other hand, were only $1,550,636 in 1922 and only $2,052,158 last year. Meanwhile, working capital has risen from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Gillette Razor | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

...course is open without permission to those who take or have taken English 18. Permission will generally be given to those who shave shown, in college, ability in debating and discussion, and to those who received grades of distinction in English Composition, Economics, Government, or History...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revived Interest in Debating Results in Exhuming of English 30a, Abolished in 1916, for Second Half-Year | 1/16/1924 | See Source »

...Washington, though, is the tough nut to crack. After I had wandered around there without any success for more than two hours, I was about to decide that the capital was as dry as a bone. Then I went into a barber shop for a shave. The barber asked me if I wanted bay rum. I told him I preferred real rum. He put me in touch with a $12 bottle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: A Matter of Record | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

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