Men have to be told that they still ought to shave before coming to work, and both sexes apparently have to be reminded occasionally that dressing informally does not preclude bathing.

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He spoke less, and mostly about the old man: how he could not afford bathing water, how the others made fun of him or accused him of hiding his son, how the chief ignored him, how he looked frightened and so terribly small.

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At the turn of the century, complaints arose that Guanabara Bay was not safe for bathing because of contaminants leaching from Jardim Gramacho.

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