Word: wet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...opening day draws nearer, the fair's fathers plan to put the laboring force on a round-the-clock, three-shift schedule. Says a fair official: "Everything will be completed by opening day. There may be some wet paint, but we'll be ready...
...population explosion in dolls this year is the best argument yet for birth control at the toy bench. They kiss, they suck thumbs, they wet, and of course talk, laugh, cry, wink, blink and nod. One specimen has three shifting faces: one with measles, one in a convalescent state, and one in smiling health...
...Robert Redford) - hooks him literally, with a barbed dress catch that rips out his breast pocket. They share a snack and a movie and get caught in the rain, that sly love god of synthetic playwrights. At the apartment she shares with her brother, they get out of their wet things and into some loose dialogue. Out go the lights, but he, it seems, has scruples about "beginners." Back come the lights on the semi-robed twosome, in barges the boy friend, marriage-bent, out springs the half-believable alibi that he is Eileen's brother, up pops...
...Saltwater barnacles and marine growth are the bane of boat owners, particularly in the offseason, when the boat is rarely used. "Boatbath," a kind of floating "wet dock," is designed to save the owner the expense of hauling out or the chore of scrubbing the boat bottom using diving gear. Manufactured by Boatbath, Inc. and made of polyvinyl chloride, Boatbath comes in sizes ranging from 24 ft. up to 40 ft., is priced from $150 to $295. The boat is floated into the Boatbath (which, in turn, floats like a huge bathtub, with its edge at the water...
When Bruce put the first record on to play, we noticed that it seemed wet. Bruce had removed it from a special polyethlene sleeve which he had had to peel from it like backing from one of those bumper stickers. Somewhat taken aback, we asked him about it. It seems that Bruce uses a special silicone lubricant on his records which he figures cuts record wear by about 75%. This gunk has the happy advantage of not gumming up the needle (as most record cleaners do). Although the records are somewhat sticky to handle and dust might tend to cling...