Word: sixteen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fact: the last vestiges of normal life were about to disappear. Theaters, cinemas, cabarets and concert halls, where men & women could forget a while, would be closed. The twelve-hour workday would become standard. The age limit for women required in industry would be raised from 45 to 50. Sixteen-year-old boys would be sent to the front after 60 days of training. Doctors were advised to be chary in issuing certificates of labor exemption for health reasons...
...Sixteen million of the 30 million nonvoters lived south of the Mason-Dixon Line-18% of them whites who could afford to pay the poll...
...moppets also contribute hundreds of little rhymes that fit Editor Botkin's definition of folklore: "The stuff that travels and the stuff that sticks." Samples : Eight and eight are sixteen, Stick your nose in kerosene, Wipe it off with ice cream...
...Sixteen with Mumps
...summer, 70% of wives sleep in nightgowns, 24% in pajamas (10% more switch to pajamas in winter), 1% in shorts, 5% nude. Sixteen other women said they would like to sleep nude...