Word: shavings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although the food in the Leverett Dining Hall cannot be compared with that served in such houses as Adams and Dunster, we in Leverett have other advantages. Usually one can arise leisurely around 9:00, shower, shave, read the paper, or what have you and still get into the dining hall for breakfast around 9:20. And if you sleep even later, and present yourself at the door with a warm smile you can be served up till 9:30. On Sundays many of us at the "Hutch" do not eat breakfast until shortly before...
...before his birthday, slim, stooped Editor Hunter plodded through six inches of snow in search of news. His red-rimmed eyes shone brightly through his glasses, grey hair poked out from under a battered fedora, and he needed a shave. Spotting a friend, Hunter, who is deaf, gave a high-pitched shout: "Any news, Bill?" Then Hunter handed him a scratch pad and a pencil. While Bill jotted down the news, Hunter read over his shoulder, now & then shouting fresh questions until he had pumped his informant...
...scheme works it would end New Yorkers' dry Tuesdays and waterless weekends; city dwellers could shave two or three times a day and shower whenever they pleased...
...claimed to be much surprised. Said one constituent: "I never saw a man lather up if he wasn't going to shave...
...Shaw made one concession: he reluctantly agreed to shave his usual royalty from 15% to 10%. Yielding to the argument that the production would be expensive in view of the two stars' salaries, he cautioned: "I am depending on you not to make your salary list so heavy that the play will have to be taken off in a fortnight unless it attracts capacity every time . . . When negotiating with stars, remember that in my case, I am the star ... So few managers know their own business that I mostly have to make their bargains for them as well...