Word: extinguish
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Although it is surrounded by water, Manhattan Island has always had water problems. In 1664 Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New York (then called Nieuw Amsterdam) to the British partly because of a shortage of potable water. In 1881 a drought forced New York firemen to learn how to extinguish blazes with dynamite instead of water. In 1949 the city declared a Dry Friday, when residents were asked to stay out of their bathtubs and showers and go unshaven to ease a water shortage. Last week, in the midst of the worst drought they have faced in this century, New Yorkers could...
...seemed to embarrass Hamlin, too. She slowed her performance distrinctly the first ten minutes and the began to drag a bit and so more and more. Tim again, aided by Bruce bluth's exaggerated but Willie, she would strike a but time and again the play bog down and extinguish...
...Valeriy Tarsis, which was smuggled out of Russia last year and has now been published in London. It is at once a searing indictment of the Communist system and an eloquent witness to the fervor for freedom that nearly 50 years of Marxist indoctrination have not been able to extinguish...
...reported injured in the conflagration, which occured at 3:17 p.m. It took two-dozen firemen from six firetrucks to extinguish the blaze...
...Barry Goldwater represents the first major breakthrough in "political conservatism" since the days of Teddy Roosevelt. Let's rid ourselves of this clique of liberals, Commie lovers, "intellectuals" and spend-nuts; let's extinguish the eternal flame of mediocrity and move up to greatness...