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Word: shower (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...columnist for a small weekly newspaper, I have found that contemplating a troublesome article while taking a shower helps. I may not come up with the answer, but at least I'm clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 21, 1977 | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

...free dinner at McDonald's after the game. To leave the reader with a more balanced impression of the man's generosity it must also be reported that Scalise couched his offer with reminders that his players might benefit from getting back to Dillon quickly and taking a hot shower to relieve their cold, tired bodies...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Women Tie Tufts Twice | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...President retired to the Diehls' bright turquoise master bedroom. His hosts bunked in a guest room. Then at 6 a.m. Woody Diehl knocked on his guest's door. Said he: "Mr. President, there's something I forgot to tell you last night. The knobs on the shower are reversed. Hot's cold and cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Carter Slept Here Too | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...drawing power on the silver screen as he had been on the concert stage, Russell could have at least consoled himself by thumbing through the box office receipts while he burned the critics' pans. Although Tommy did enjoy some limited early commercial success. American moviegoers did not exactly shower the film with their dollars, much less their raves. A similar fate will undoubtedly befall Valentino, Russell's latest test of how much difference The Big Name can make...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: A Chic Sheik | 10/14/1977 | See Source »

...were made harrowingly close by the absence of heavy sleepers, Byrd ordered aides to compile a roster of Senators, listing the nooks and hallways where they were catnapping, so they could be roused in time. Abourezk and Metzenbaum spelled each other occasionally and consented to several brief meal-and-shower breaks for their colleagues during the all-night session...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Night of the Long Winds | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

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