Word: excelsior
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he got less than $45 a week for doing "cosmetics and hairdressing" and had to work day & night. An embalmer at Forest Lawn (where four union members were fired) cried that he not only had to "prepare remains" but wash windows, sweep floors and roll up gauze and excelsior pads for the "cases'" elbows...
...From that day on until I wrote my second book, Mary waved that 'Nobody likes a one-book author' slogan around like an old Excelsior banner. When I finished my second book she changed it to 'Nobody likes a two-book author.' Then three . . ." Betty's attempt to lay another golden Egg is sure to coax thousands of readers into the bookshops, only to learn that Betty is cackling over an empty nest...