Word: shavings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with commuter-like regularity, he walked into the big, opulent, mirrored barbershop of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for a shave, a manicure, and, if need be, a trim. Afterwards he seated himself on a leather chair near the doors and received those who wished to chat, make quick touches, or offer him investment opportunities...
...down demagogic George McLain's Citizens' Committee for Old Age Pensions (TIME, Sept. 5) despite support of the plan by politically ambitious Jimmy Roosevelt. The new law will leave pensions at the increased level (average: $70.63 a month) which McLain pushed through a year ago, but will shave $65 million off the $200 million annual cost by boosting the retirement age from 63 back to 65. It will also make relatives who can afford it responsible for the old folks once more...
...atmosphere was informal. In the corridors of Jefferson County's big stone courthouse, the gossip and laughter were loud. There were strike-idled coal miners and old men who shave only once every three days and carry canes. Klansmen posed for pictures smiling broadly, friend-ly-like. Inside the courtroom, mild old Judge Robert J. Wheeler fingered his speckled white mustache. Occasionally he spat delicately into his cuspidor...
After last week's spill, many a U.S. horse player who bet on nothing but Glisson's mounts had to find a new system temporarily. Their blue-eyed boy, who was earning around $50,000 a year before he was old enough to shave regularly, was out of business for a few weeks with a broken collarbone...
...brought up and had gone through high school as a girl; she had taken a secretarial course as a girl. But she knew that something was wrong. Menstruation had not started at the usual time. After puberty, hair had begun to grow on her face, and she had to shave every day. She used cosmetics to hide the stubble on her cheeks, and wore falsies to build out her flat chest. She had few dates with...