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She looked disapprovingly at them and went out, and I went back to my hair-bobbing. 1921 temps for Marydale had been slightly lower than normal, and it wasn't the hometown of either Irene Castle or Isadora Duncan.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

It made looking for the cause of hair-bobbing (or the source of the Nile) seem like a breeze in comparison.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

The fad had started in the fall of 1924, well after hair-bobbing, but crossword puzzles had been around since the 1800s, and the New York World had published a weekly crossword since 1913.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

We wouldn't have to get married till after you've got this hair-bobbing thing done, and then we could set you up on the ranch with faxes and a modem and e-mail.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

"I don't seem to be having any luck finding the source of hair-bobbing."

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

I had spent all weekend going through yellowed newspapers and 1920s copies of The Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator, trudging upstream to the beginnings of the fad of hair-bobbing, looking for what had caused every woman in America to suddenly chop off her "crowning glory," despite social pressure, threatening sermons, and four thousand years of long hair.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

"I have to — I just thought of something that ties into my hair-bobbing theory," I said desperately.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

I hurried back to HiTek and up to the stats lab, and called up my hair-bobbing model.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

I didn't get rid of any rats or find out what causes hair-bobbing.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

And somewhere in all those rouged knees and rain slickers and rocking-chair derbies was the trigger that had set off the hair-bobbing craze.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994