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There was Thomas Neglia, reputed North Side gambling king. He was already in a reclining position, getting a barber shop shave, when hoodlums rubbed him out. John Pisano, a small-time gangster, was shot at the wheel of his car. The gunmen who murdered James D'Angelo, a gambler and saloonkeeper, trussed his limp body up with a clothesline, left it in the trunk of his automobile...
...Trappists came to densely Protestant Georgia by daycoach from the largest of the three Trappist monasteries in the U.S. - Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Louisville, Ky. All were bearded, except the abbot (he alone can shave), the youngest was 30, the oldest 56. They arrived at night in torrents of rain, went to bed on the floor of the large two-story, white brick barn...
...Mexican race, in general, is very unclean, untidy and unsanitary as far as personal health and living conditions are concerned. They seldom bathe, seldom shave. . . . They think nothing of having their dogs, cats, chickens . . . under the same roof with them. We Texans are at least half-civilized and have sense enough to desire cleanliness. I guess that is the reason we don't especially care for them cluttering up our towns and cities...
...shells land about 100 yards away. "We'll get some artillery on those Krauts if we locate them," he said. He looked to his left and saw Sergeant James Clements with his shirt off and lathering his face. "Look," said Toffey, "Clements picks this quiet time to shave." He grinned tiredly, and took the radio receiver. "Look, Benny," he said, "don't get excited. We just killed you some Krauts and we'll kill you some more as soon as you tell us where they...
...typical TIME reader" (this week, men only) you have blue eyes and brown hair, are 5 ft. 9 in. tall, weigh 165 Ibs. and wear glasses. The chances are 100 to i against your wearing a beard, 10 to 1 against your having a mustache. Instead you shave clean every day, and you are more likely to swear than sing while you are doing it. You don't admit to a bay window-and you have no use for setting up exercises...