Word: soaping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nothing sacred any more? Is there no area of American life beyond taint? Last week, for the first time in the 36-year history of the All-American Soap Box Derby, the winner was disqualified for cheating. James H. Gronen, 14, of Boulder, Colo., forfeited his first-place trophy and a $7,500 college scholarship when X rays disclosed that his car had been rigged to unfair advantage...
...triviality also at times works its way into the responsible press. Just last week, for example, The Times featured a front page photo of one of the late Robert Kennedy's sons after his conviction for a traffic violation, a story that must have warmed the hearts of soap opera watchers everywhere...
...Well," he said grudgingly, "I'll take this one, then." A couple of days later he accused someone three rooms down of stealing his bar of soap. Pennypacker is one of the few freshman dormitories with bathrooms in each suite, so stealing the bar of soap would have entailed breaking and entering first. Since this is how my roommate ultimately got his racket back, however, maybe it wasn't as far-fetched as it sounds...
...cash, however, is nonideological. So far this year, Evert has won $70,050. With endorsement mon ey from Puritan and Wilson Sporting Goods, she figures to earn around $150,000. Most of the offers to lend her name to everything from leg lotion and deodorants to toothpaste and soap pow der have been turned down. Explains Jimmy Evert: "It takes time to do these things. When Chrissie's not playing ten nis, I'd rather she not be doing things that will tire her out. This is still a game with us. It's not a business...
frilly pink motif, TV set for watching soap operas, shoebox filled with eye makeup, copies of Seventeen magazine...