Word: firemanning
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...Steady gunfire continues to rattle the metal gate of the madrasah. Snipers are perched on the roof of buildings surrounding the complex. Outside, the male students are fighting with the rangers. Inside, women fill buckets of water at the tap and pass them, fireman style, out the gate to the men. They hurl bamboo staves, broom handles and water bottles over the complex wall. The bottles return, empty, and the women fill them up again and toss them back. Aman disappears out the gate. "I will do everything in my power to protect my madrasah," she says. "I am ready...
...There are a few policemen, it seems, some New York Yankees, an heir to the family restaurant, and a pet shop owner. Sometimes, there are special combinations, like fireman-chef. As per the custom, every answer will be posted on the classroom walls...
...Sopranos debuted in 1999, antiheroes were rare; now they're the new heroes. Cable's FX network has a stable of brooding, self-destructive, often violent, mostly male protagonists, from Michael Chiklis' corrupt but effective cop on The Shield (which returns April 3) to Denis Leary's alcoholic fireman on Rescue Me to Eddie Izzard's captivating con man on The Riches...
...Gottschalk (Abbeville; 328 pages; $75) celebrates wheels past, from 1894 to 1942, and the older these miniatures are, the more charm radiates from their wire wheels and peeling running boards. From the Jones & Bixler touring car complete with uniformed chauffeur, to the double-deck city bus populated by "clown, fireman, porter and gentleman," to the motorcycle steered by Popeye, Bill Holland's photographs offer a bright valedictory to objects that managed to be mass-produced without compromising their jaunty integrity and cast-iron elegance...
...parents feel these parties are stress-inducing. Beth Fisher didn't mind renting out a fire truck to give the guests rides around a Los Angeles neighborhood for her fireman-loving son's third birthday. "It wasn't expensive, and I have great memories of the event," she says...