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Word: shavings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Along the way they learned to live a life of simple utility. Nixon would shave his heavy, black beard close in the morning with a safety razor, then would slick up with his electric razor (if local voltage permitted) before dinner. Pat found it easiest to wash out her own nylons at overnight stops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE-PRESIDENCY: The Trail of Informality | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

Earning his passport, Craig served well as a divisional staff officer (G3) with the 80th Infantry Division, which landed on Utah Beach and was in combat for 239 days in Europe in 1944-45. With the 80th Craig picked up administrative experience under heavy pressure, learned to shave with toilet soap (which he still uses instead of shaving cream), and made an important acquaintance. One day, when General Dwight Eisenhower visited the division's headquarters in the basement of a brick school building in the Saar, Major Craig was assigned to brief the general on the division...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Warfare on the Wabash | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

...their parts as "supers" in the New York City Opera's Carmen. After bumbling past small groups of half-dressed ballet dancers, they came to the stage, where Mr. Williams, a nervous, dramatic little man, was sipping a scalding cup of coffee and puffing a cigarette. He needed a shave...

Author: By James F. Gilligan, | Title: One-Night Stand | 11/23/1954 | See Source »

...with such enthusiasm. Nor do U.S. bleacher jockeys often get involved in the free-for-alls that brighten the Puerto Rican afternoon. Not long ago, a cop caught a razor-blade salesman handing out free samples in the San Juan stands. Puerto Rican fans have never been known to shave between innings, but they are apt to find other uses for razors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Winter Leagues | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

Powell, who looks like Santa Claus with a shave, twice refused to testify before Senator Homer Capehart's Banking Committee. Last week, called up again, he refused again-to avoid incriminating himself. But other witnesses were more obliging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Money Man | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

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