Word: underwear
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...college dormitories for fall contributions were collected during that period, and their contents checked after the Christmas vacation. The following is the list of contributions:' 16 overcoats, 26 suits, 65 single coats, 40 single vests, 70 trousers, 5 sweaters, 4 raincoats, 65 shirts, 85 articles of underwear, 250 ties, 35 collars, 65 hats and caps, 74 pairs of shoes, 40 pairs of socks, 400 books, and 1 1-2 tons of magazines...
...Well, Cal, they've got me doing it now. . . . We can work together all right. You preach thrift and economy and when your readers have saved all they can, send them to me. I'll take them- and how. Presidents have always been my long suit (not underwear), especially when they are senators. . . . You know the difference between the pessimist and the optimist-the pessimist thinks all girls are bad and the optimist hopes and prays they are. . . . Business is getting better and better and although it may look bad around these parts they say business in Chicago...
...Jacques S. (Fannie Hurst) Danielson, novelist (Humoresque, Lummox, A President is Born), told London newshawks that her most vivid impression of England was "the length and adequacy of the underwear displayed in the stores...
...Manhattan, Jack Abrahams, owner of Frances Negligee Corp., was absorbed in noting how his new underwear looked on models. His stockgirl, Lillian Wasserman, tried to tell him something. He waved her away. When she finally got his attention, gone were the gunmen who had been robbing his cashier...
Under the heading "articles of underwear", 47 pieces have been listed, while 10 bathrobes were also donated. Further examination of the records reveals that 85 undergraduates subdued the traditional longing of man for old shoes, and gave a large assortment of discarded footwear...