Word: toasters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...says should be tried only with a doctor's advice: a corset-belt to fit the lower back; special shoes for flat feet-a common cause of back troubles; massages and home exercises; a horsehair mattress instead of an innerspring mattress; radiant heat, possibly an old-fashioned electric toaster; a fat-reducing diet; plenty of sleep...
Instead of slapping down this dubious toaster, Franco answered: "Evolution, yes, even if it were only to let me rest. I want this evolution to be a quick one, but it is going to be myself who will say when and how it will be effected...
...earful of what U.S. citizens are thinking about. Reason: to move his two prize horses (see cut) Senator Morse drove the 3,310 miles from his Oregon ranch in a 1941 Ford, towing a four-wheeled trailer. The trailer contained an ironing board, boxes of jelly & jam, an electric toaster and the horses, "Spice of Life" and "Oreganna Bourbon...
...electric range, with built-in pressure cooker, broiler, toaster, etc., each with electronic temperature control...
...grandmother's serrated bread knife, routed sleepy husbands out of bed, held dawn conferences over bakery handouts which read like a golf lesson: "Keep your head down. Keep your eye on the loaf. And don't bear down." Then came grief, cussing, lopsided slices which even the toaster refused, often a mad dash to the corner bakery for rolls. But most housewives sawed, grimly on-this war was getting pretty awful...