Word: soaps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Soap. 5. Cigarettes...
Among the Music Hall's scenic effects: rainfall (from pipes high above the stage); Niagara Falls (out of tanks of an agitated soap solution); a full-sized train that can disappear into the hills; a steam curtain that fills the stage with billowing clouds; an ocean freighter that is torpedoed, splits in two and sinks from sight. The stage has also held a swimming pool, a helicopter and 30 trained horses...
Pack Rat. In Hagerstown, Md., a few hours after Chester Delauney had been released from Washington County Jail, he was rearrested and charged with stealing a blanket, a mattress cover, 15 cakes of soap and two brushes from his cell...
What Lawrence advises is consultation with a qualified physician, then faithful following of the course he prescribes. Effective treatment usually takes a long time, includes a combination of processes: the removal of excessive oil from the skin by the gentle application of soap and hot water, proper extraction of blackheads, plenty of sunlight, proper diet with a firm limit on starches, sweets and fats, adequate exercise and rest...
...governing director (and son of the founder) of Britain's sprawling mercantile empire of Lever Bros. & Unilever Ltd. and its Dutch twin, Lever Bros. & Unilever N.V. (337 factories, 516 companies in 17 nation. with assets totaling $1.1 billion), among the world's leading* manufacturers of soap (Rinso, Lux, Lifebuoy), edible oils (Spry) and margarines...