Word: tannings
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...backyards and on beaches, wherever the sun shines brightly, multitudes of people have begun to stretch out like so many sausages on a griddle-all for the sake of a handsome, "healthy" tan. This rite of summer is warming, relaxing and so socially desirable that few sun worshipers heed the constant words of caution from doctors. Despite its appearance of health, a suntan apparently has little physical value; too much sun over a long period of time may permanently damage the skin...
While nearly everyone else strips down to tan, Mrs. Norton J. Carlson, 59, of Grand Junction, Colo., covers up for safety. For her, no suntan lotion the chemists can devise is ever likely to be good enough. When Mrs. Carlson set out on a 342-mile auto trip to visit her sister a few weeks ago, it was like minor royalty fleeing restless natives. She waited for nightfall in the shadows of her parlor. Then she put on a dress with extra-long skirt and sleeves, pulled up her gloves, wrapped a kerchief about her face, and stepped nervously into...
...granting of scholarships and licenses for new businesses. Rigid citizenship requirements have been set up for the Chinese (Malays are automatically citizens), and the Borneo territories plan immigration restrictions to keep Chinese businessmen out. "Special privileges are like a golf handicap." rationalizes Malaya's Chinese Finance Minister Tan Siew Sin. "They are not to hold the Chinese down, but to help the Malays along...
This is the story about a man With iron fists and a beautiful tan, He talks a lot and boasts indeed Of a powerful punch and blinding speed...
...getting past that first full-headed day at home or office. Many new toupee owners plan their vacations around the wig's delivery date, return home to friends who usually know something is different but are often convinced it is a slight weight gain or that brilliant tan. One suburban New Yorker received his new hairpiece in the privacy of the fitting room, put it on as his wife walked in. She burst into laughter and kept right on laughing for about five minutes. Her husband blushed, got more and more embarrassed, was finally ready to hurl...