Word: hosed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bought a monkey as a pet, and the monkey bit her. I pulled the phone out by the roots. I went down to her sister Rose's house and shot out all the lights in her driveway. I pushed her in the swimming pool. I turned the fire hose on her friends when they came to see her, and when they got inside, I let the air out of their tires. I'm a beast." Added Marion: "I took him back. I don't know why. I guess because he's standing right beside me, crying...
Blows & Ice Water. "At daybreak, the cops returned and gave me back my clothes. I was blindfolded again, led into another room, and placed in a spinning chair. They spun it until I vomited with nausea. Then I was knocked to the floor, beaten with a rubber hose and doused with ice water. After that they took me to a cell and left me alone...
Balance what the Hose relinquished against what they gained. They lost an inconsistently powerful, hopelessly clumsy first baseman, a utility infielder clearly past his peak, an outfielder who failed to stick with two other clubs, a perennially "promising" left-handed pitcher, and a young third baseman with his career still unassured...
...elected president of Botany Mills, Inc., to succeed his father, who died last month. While still at college (Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance & Commerce), Johnson went to work as a part-time apprentice for the company, later directed the expansion of the consumer products division (neckties, hose, knitting yarns, etc.), which now accounts for more than 50% of Botany's sales...
...five hose companies from nearby towns and lots laid blankets of water over the area, managed to shield nearby film vaults and buildings. The firemen had plenty of help. Actors Burt Lancaster, Ray Bolger, Steve Cochran, Gordon Mac-Rae, and studio Vice President Jack Warner dashed about like real-life heroes, saving whatever they could from the burning shed. In three hours it was all over. The fire (cause undetermined) had destroyed $1,500,000 in buildings and equipment over an area of eight acres. It was the biggest studio blaze in Hollywood's history...