Word: toileting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...matter of the Russian Ballet (TIME, Music, April i) dark-skinned Toumanova does not own "Mickey" the marmoset, rather the fair Irina Baronova. . . . "Mickey" recently had a near escape from drowning when his exploratory yearnings led him to a toilet fixture into which he plunged, was rescued in the nick of time. "Mickey" was presented to Baronova by Arnold Haskell, author of Ballctomania...
...Archie Andrews was nevertheless bursting with excitement over new developments in his swift ideas of persuading people to help sell his automobiles (TIME, March n). Not the least of the contracts which Mr. Drake had temporarily enjoined was one with Seminole Paper Corp., an International Paper subsidiary which makes toilet paper. No routine agreement for the purchase of plant & office supplies, the Seminole contract concerned a grandiose scheme for obtaining the names of prospective automobile buyers...
...nation-wide promotion of its toilet paper, Seminole has been conducting a contest with 30 Hupmobiles as grand prizes. At least one-half of each full-page Seminole advertisement in publications like the American Weekly and Satevepost was given over to blazing publicity for Hupp...
...content with that, however, Mr. Andrews proceeded to turn clerks in grocery stores handling Seminole toilet paper into Hupp salesmen. Each clerk was given a book of blank introductions to local Hupp dealers, asked to fill in the name of any grocery customer interested in either the Seminole contest or a new Hupmobile. If the local dealer later sold a Hupmobile to a grocery customer, the store clerk received $5 from Hupp. If twelve of the store clerk's prospects bought Hupmo-biles, he received a Hupmobile free. With Seminole planning bigger & better contests, Super-Salesman Andrews...
...paint which can be washed with soap & water. Set in the wall is an electric clock and beneath it a radio. Off the living room are two bedrooms, small but well planned, with comparatively ample closet space. All rooms are air-conditioned. The bathroom is equipped with wall-hung toilet and wash basin which simplify housecleaning. The basin is big enough to bathe a baby in. Over the toilet is a cabinet with such books as Getting the Most out of Life in this House...