Word: tubs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chronicler), but the Church was so lukewarm toward cleanliness that, says the author, St. Agnes was canonized for flatly refusing ever to bathe at all. Hot bathwater was still considered effeminate in the early 19th Century: when Queen Victoria ascended the throne, Buckingham Palace contained not one tub, and the master of a great English college pooh-poohed a proposal to provide baths for the student body, with the words: "These young men are with us only for eight weeks at a time...
Like most present-day preachers, fiery, 71-year-old Dr. Morrison does not confine his preaching to theological or strictly religious concerns. In 1930 he tub-thumped in the Century for Prohibition, in 1940 he came out against a Roosevelt third term. Before Pearl Harbor, the Century was "non-interventionist," afterward "supported...
...Quonset huts, Army barracks, or trailers are included in the units to be sent here. Each six-family dwelling includes four two-bedroom suites, and two three-bedroom apartments. The kitchenette is located at one end of the living room, and the bathroom boasts a shower, but no tub...
...Annapolis, aboard a dingy, tub-shaped, ancient icebreaker, now a Navy pilot craft, the President found about 75 thirsting party men. He went to the boat's top deck and yelled hearty gibes at Congressmen and others as they came dockside. One was James M. Barnes, former Illinois Congressman and one of Franklin Roosevelt's "secret six" assistants. Jim Barnes's imminent departure from Washington was the excuse for the get-together. He was the guest of honor; the President was merely another guest of Russell M. Arundel, Washington attorney, who signed the check at the club...
Just as the echoes of last spring's Dominion-wide electioneering died away, Canadians learned that they were in for some more tub thumping. British Columbia's Premier John Hart called a provincial election for Oct. 25, Manitoba's Premier Stuart Sinclair Garson got ready to do the same (probable date: some time between...