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...used in 1737. There was panic buying of some items, notably bread and toilet paper, and camp suppliers did a booming business in butane lamps and stoves. A Battersea candlestick maker turned out a million candles a day instead of his usual 250,000. His most popular item: a wax effigy of Prime Minister Edward Heath...
However, Crouse has a tendency to wax a little too profound, to ascribe what one senses is too much importance to single events. The late-night meeting of a commiserating trio of heavies who have watched Muskie's demise he elevates to the level of a sadly belated conjunction of the Three Fates. Crouse also seizes on a touchy confrontation between the press and the Muskies during the Wisconsin campaign, giving to the event a sense of drama and crisis that one is hesitant to accept...
Over the years, store-window dummies have gone through almost as many phases as their garments. Early mannequins were sculpted from wax, and had a tendency to droop and drip in sunny display windows. Later came models of plaster, papier-mache and several varieties of more durable plastic. Though small boutiques balk at the idea of discarding outmoded dummies (average price: $300), most larger stores oust passe mannequins as quickly as last season's duds. But groupings, which can be easily rearranged into different patterns, may have a longer life than most individual mannequins...
...Wax Slippers for Fleas...
...solution is to make wax slippers for the insect, then remove them after the leap and use them as yardsticks to measure the distance...