Word: hosed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...settle for less money. For the others, the centers provide a place to go during the day and swap notes. As they talk, workers show a strong resolve to avoid depending on any one job. Wilfred Morrison, 31, a former management trainee, has set up his own distributorship for hose and hose fittings. Says he: "No one will control my destiny again." Everyone seems determined to follow the hopeful dictum of a new sign in the lobby of one of the centers that says THERE IS LIFE AFTER BETHLEHEM. It replaced one that read STEEL IS BEAUTIFUL...
Finally, a fire truck was brought in to hose down the smoldering building, and the officers removed a body found slumped over a rifle on the living-room floor. Although the Ginters had assured the police that Kahl was the only other person in the house, officials planned to examine the fugitive's dental records before ruling that it was Kahl. The state medical examiner performed an autopsy and issued a "presumptive identification" based on the fact that the body bore evidence of shrapnel wounds, which Kahl had suffered in World...
...said whether she will wear lipstick or powder for the inevitable orbital TV shows). Included as well are tampons, linked together lest one drift off when the box is opened. The shuttle's single privy was already designed with women in mind. Instead of the flexible hose used by the male-only crews of the old Gemini and Apollo spacecraft, NASA provided a wide cuplike attachment that fits over the crotch. A curtain is being added to give Ride some privacy, though she did not ask for it. Notes Astronaut Mary Cleave, an environmental engineer: "Guys...
Meanwhile, shuttle driver Joseph Freeman '86 relaxes inside Currier Hose, watching a David Letterman rerun. When Letterman finishes his interview with Mr. T. Freeman glances at his watch, and heads out for his final run of the night...
...from a water boiler down the hall. In Russia, a local car, which we are forbidden to enter, hitches onto out tail. Other than that secret compartment, we may stroll the length of the train, peeping into second-class berths (fancy slipcovers) and first (two beds, an armchair, a hose shower, and a private toilet). Even in third class, however, there is toilet paper, a genuine luxury...