Word: soaped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...large group of Negro housewives canvassed in Birmingham, 74% had never heard of Fels-Naphtha soap. Half of those interviewed in Nashville never heard of Gold Medal flour; half in Atlanta knew nothing about Carter's underwear. Phoenix hosiery was unknown to 61% in Richmond...
When William Ziff first entered the field Negro papers carried little national advertising except hair-straightener, a few cosmetics, patent medicines. Now the list includes Camel cigarets, Bond Bread. Rumford Baking Powder, Bayer's Aspirin, Blue Ribbon Malt, Gillette Razors, Lifebuoy Soap...
...Tariff will be tinkered. Industrial rates will be cut; agricultural rates will stand. The State Department will try its hand at negotiating a few reciprocal agreements whereby, for instance, the U. S. could ship more automobiles to France in return for taking more French soap and perfumes...
Paulina the blonde is still building it, as Director of the Soviet soap & cosmetic trust. She was greatly disappointed to discover, after exhaustive research, that it is impossible to make soap cheaply out of even the fattest frogs...
...week-end kit,' comprising rucksack, sleeping-bag, tent, a four-peg coat-hanger, a petrol-stove, frypan, water-bucket, a plate, cup, receptacles for food and drink, knife, spoon and fork, and electric torch, a pair of shoes, a tent pole, swimming suit, complete change of clothes, towels, soap, facecloth, shaving tackle, and toothbrush, the whole weighing slightly over ten and a half pounds...