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...from there. For a time, with impish delight, he walked the tight wire between good fun and bad taste. On his pub-crawling beat, sipping an occasional dark-rum Daiquiri, he ogled the rhinestone in a stripteaser's navel, tattled on the Duchess of Windsor's powder-room behavior (she left the maid...
Seattle: Press plans story this week on women reporters' powder room aboard Navy ship. What kind of ship? Name? How many women went on trip and who were they? Will ship be used regularly...
...beat the grey-haired, wide-eyed New Dealer. The argument: he was hooked up to C.I.O., hence would be influenced in decisions on wages and labor problems. Said Louisiana's paunchy John H. Overton, who led the fight against confirmation: "Our merchant marine is resting now on a powder keg because of the antagonism between the C.I.O. and A.F. of L. I don't want to light the fuse." Said Illinois' Scott Lucas, leading the fight for the Administration, "the basic reason [for the opposition] was that Mr. McKeough went out to work for the P.A.C...
...they are reminded of the words and deeds of the U.S. Navy-words like those of Lieut. Andrew Sterett, posted for their edification in Luce Hall: "Go tell the Bashaw of Tripoli and the people of your country that in the future they may expect only a tribute of powder and ball from the sailors of the United States." They get the idea...
...between seats; washrooms will be large, well equipped. Some cars will be radio-equipped with speakers fitted into the seat backs at ear level. Volume control of radios will be kept low so that other passengers are not disturbed. A coach for women only will be fitted with individual powder rooms...