Word: skin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fourth floor of Winthrop House, somewhat out of sorts with the world just now because it is shedding its bluish-grey skin, but still "very good-natured and clean," coils G. Edgav Folk's healthy specimen, perfectly willing to show off to visitors by wrapping itself around its master's arm while its darting tongue increases its tempo...
Once rid of its skin, the reptile will resume its menu of dead goldfish, which its Sophomore master wheedles from the ten-cent store, and will resume its role as Exhibit A in Mr. Folk's lectures on snake-lore...
...prizefighter until his manager frames a telephone call which makes the Tiger think Ruby is unfaithful. Abandoned by the Kid, she goes to work at the "Sensation House" in New Orleans where Ace Lamont (John Miljan) seizes her in his arms. Miljan: "Your red lips, your white skin, your soft cheeks, your blue eyes, your. . . ." West: ''Say, is this a proposal, or are you takin' inventory...
...used to be a "kitchen chair" operation. Now in the hands of a throat specialist it entails all the pomp and ceremony of a major operation. At the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, Surgeon David H. Jones related, an interne makes a preoperative examination of the patient's skin, nose, throat, ears, heart, lungs and kidneys. Continued Dr. Jones, "All patients with any suspected involvement, including rise in temperature over 100.4° F., are held for final examination by the Tonsil Supervisor. No patients are operated upon following a recent illness and no female patient is operated upon five...
...purpose, he says, is to trip visitors so that he can test their poise. In his mansionesque Paradise Ranch, he has an immense Wurlitzer organ which he cannot play. He collects jade, says, "The greatest luxury I have is the ability to dress in clean clothes complete from the skin out every day." His favorite pastime is sitting on the bottom of the ocean. To this end his 106-ft. schooner Seaward carries a special 80-lb. helmet and metal shoes. Says DeMille: "It's a great way to keep in condition. ... I always return to the surface completely refreshed...