Word: powders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...approached the target he let down a powder charge on the wire, and touched it off with a spark from two flashlight batteries. The resulting bang was heard for half a mile around. U.N. was not visibly affected, except that a guard, who disliked loud noises, complained of a stomachache and was sent home...
...Board. In Ipswich, England, a circus baboon wandered into Mrs. Dorothy Plummer's house, helped herself to oranges and bananas, strayed upstairs into the bathroom where she dabbed on a bit of powder, stopped off for a bounce on the bed, finally was discovered by police downstairs, drinking a bottle of stout...
...cream tinted to suit the complexion. Eye shadow and eyelash cream are also important. Mlle. Mala thinks it is too bad that most men shy away from makeup. Women need a dark foundation to disguise "blotches and blemishes," plenty of shadow for double chins, two different shades of brown powder on the cheekbones, non-running mascara on the eyelids, a touch of eyebrow pencil. Lipstick depends on lighting: Mlle. Mala wore blue on her first TV appearance, last week had switched to brown...
...feel of victory and the Derby Day jockeying of the candidates gave Philadelphia the look and sound of a midway. The tabloid New York Daily News suggested that its atmosphere could be sampled by remote control simply by "swallowing a snort of bourbon, lighting a cigarette, putting scented talcum powder on a damp baby and inhaling...
Walter P. Reuther's physician an nounced that the U.A.W. chief, whose arm was nearly blasted off last April,* had a very good chance of regaining a "nearly 100% perfect arm." Bouquets In London, Queen Mary - in powder blue as usual - got fan mail, gun salutes, the cheers of crowds, a little cake with icing, and a toast from her family and friends at lunch, on her 81st birthday...