Word: hosed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jefferson Bennett, assistant to President Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, to admit that the protective efforts of the university could hardly be called vigorous. No students were arrested. The mob threatening Autherine had been told only to "move," and the fire truck on the scene had not been used to hose down and thus disperse the crowd. Assistant to the Dean of Students Henry Sikir agreed that he had seen no action taken against the mob other than "talking to them." Asked Marshall: "Have you reported [any student] in that group to anybody?" Said Sikir: "No, I haven...
RAYON BOOM goes on despite hot competition from Dacron, nylon, etc. Rayon production last year topped 972,800,000 Ibs., a 10% jump over 1953's previous record and 9% more than all other man-made fibers combined. Rayon's biggest new customers: tiremakers, manufacturers of industrial hose, belting and carpets...
...crowded main street in downtown Sao Paulo, a lean, intense young man brandishing a length of rubber hose charged a paunchy, white-haired, grandfatherly type. "Nasty old man!" shouted the attacker. "I'll teach you a lesson!" The improvised truncheon whistled past the victim's head, thudded against his shoulder. After that the oldster did the teaching. He whipped off his glasses, grabbed the upswung truncheon with both hands, wrenched it away, then gave the young man several ferocious whacks with it before the cops put an end to the skirmish, a sequel to a talk...
...took three radio sound men, a control-room engineer and five hours of hard work to create the sound that was heard for less than 30 seconds on the air. The sound consisted of a ticking metronome, tom-tom beats, bubbling water, air hose, cow moo, boing! (two types), oscillator, dripping water (two types) and three kinds of wine glasses clicking against each other. Judiciously blended and recorded on tape, the effect was still not quite right. Then the tape was played backward with a little echo added. That did it. The sound depicted the manufacturing of babies...
Fire chewed through the caves and partitions of the Harvard Union yesterday, sending streams of sprinkler and hose water down through the ceilings, causing from 12 to 15 thousand dollars worth of damage, and forcing some 1100 freshmen to eat their meals elsewhere at least until lunch today...