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...wells went dry last August, we had to carry water from Rockland, about a mile away, and we kept this up until [December]." Fire Chief Albert W. Kimball said that he often lay awake at night "wondering what would happen if there was a fire on Abington Street." Dudley Alleman, a perennial speaker-up at Hingham town meetings, also favored the loan: "I'm not worried about precedent. If anything like this comes up again and we don't like it, by the Lord Harry, we can vote it down." The vote: an almost unanimous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW ENGLAND: By the People | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

...have a new war, but now the Turks, French and English are brothers,' he said. He thrust out two fingers of one hand and one of the other, brought them together and continued: The Alleman [Germans] and Russ are the enemy. We brothers are a big wall together. Alleman kaput!' "The crowd around him roared with laughter at 'Alleman kaput,' signifying Germany would be beaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EASTERN THEATRE: How Goes Turkey? | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

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