Word: flushes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...another occasion, the General was asked to loan his personal Catalina flying boat to help PT boats flush a covey of Jap ships. Geiger first refused ("Got it filled full of holes the last time you fellows flew around out there"), finally gave in. But there was a string attached. He insisted on going along as copilot...
...lush décors ("The bathroom was a miracle of coral, blue, and jade green, with a tub of flush-pink marble. There was also an open fireplace and a small concealed refrigerator for keeping cold her lotions and the Guinness's Stout. . . . Mirrored closets, glass-enclosed shower, a couple of low overstuffed slipper chairs in coral satin, two washbasins, and a telephone. . . . Her husband's eyes searched the magnificence. 'Where...
...Barretts of Wimpole Street have enamel bathtubs? Did Dr. Johnson ever use a flush toilet or have any idea of a sanitary latrine? Did Charles Dickens ever hear a radio? Did Goethe ever handle a camera? . . . Did Charles Lamb ever see Ginger Rogers or use a plastic toothbrush? Did Wordsworth ever cross in the Hudson Tunnel or drive on the Merritt Parkway? . . . Why must we be the mirror to the universe? Where are the standards? The invalid assumptions must fall away, and some common standard for all humanity must be rediscovered...
...tough army sergeant cracked gloomily: "After this, I hope they won't forget to flush the bowl...
...indicted U.M.W. members have received no support from U.M.W. Local, district, and international treasuries are flush, but the miners have had to find their $1,000 bond money elsewhere (some from professional bondsmen, some from community storekeepers). John L. Lewis knows that aid for the indicted miners would infuriate a sizable percentage of U.M.W. members who resented the outlaw strikes and an even larger percentage of U.S. citizens who consider such strikes near treason. Local leaders believe that the sly Old Man of the Mines, considers these cases poor grounds for a Supreme Court fight. But with or without U.M.W...