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Word: unwashedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Paul's Cathedral. Whereas modern London provides 51 gallons of water a day for each citizen, and New York City about 154, ancient Rome at its peak pumped 300 gallons for each unwashed head.There may be a lesson here for some Toynbee of indoor plumbing-if only that, when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gardy-Loo! | 4/11/1960 | See Source »

Order of Sparta. No race has ever been canceled because of cold. Once fierce winds drove the races from the Sound to a sheltered inland pond, and there Knapp's sister was disqualified for thunking into a chicken coop. Today, the most devout followers are joined in the no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Frostbitten | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

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