Word: shavings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Perma-Shave. In Columbus, an Ohio penitentiary barber broke regulations by allowing New Prisoner Tom Campbell to keep his mustache-a black, neatly sketched tattoo...
...Lower Depths. In Columbus, the Ohio Penitentiary News published an editorial denouncing intramural thefts of razors, shaving lotion, a Parker "51" pen, deodorant sticks, chopped ham, talcum powder, radio plugs, shave sticks and a pair of gloves, said: "We are appealing to each inmate to help eliminate these low-type characters that are in our midst...
...draw. Jesse James, no matter what the legend says, never gave a buffalo nickel to the poor. Wes Hardin, the tiny Texan who was probably the most dangerous gunman in the West, was as mean as a mountain boomer; he had killed twelve men before he started to shave, and by the time he was mercifully shot in the back, at 42, he had slaughtered more than 40. The lawmen were not much better. Most of them were coldblooded, cat-eyed killers who spent so much time in the gambling halls and brothels that the cowboys called them "The Fighting...
...young artists are to follow the advice of Father Edward M. Catich in giving "Christ a shave and a haircut," and "defeminize Christ, return his trousers, restore his masculinity" [Nov. 24], it follows that we should also put Christ in a Chrysler ("God is my Auto-Pilot"). Also, since Christ was a carpenter, we could put him in good standing with the A.F. of L. and C.I.O...
...Mateos likes to rise at 6 and start the day with a cup of ink-black coffee and the newspapers, then shave with a Remington shaver. He dresses in double-breasted suits of conservative cut and dark color, wears monogrammed ties...