Word: hosed
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While other squads extract people from burning buildings or handle hazardous materials, the sole job of an engine company like Mike's is to lay the hose to douse the flames. The members of Engine 28, each hauling more than 100 lbs. of gear, were dispatched directly to the scene of the blaze. Mike was in the control position that day, which means he was charged with carrying a spare canister of oxygen and a leather pouch of tools to connect the hose to the internal water pipes that run up the spines of skyscrapers...
...FIRST CLASS Travel checklist: passport, tickets--and support stockings? Researchers report that "compression stockings," elastic socks or hose that fit tightest around the ankles, can dramatically decrease the risk of developing dangerous blood clots on long air flights (the so-called coach-class syndrome). For patients who are already at high risk of clots--because they've had them before or have other circulatory problems like large varicose veins--something completely different seemed to do the trick: a shot of the blood thinner heparin one or two hours before flying cut the risk of clotting to nearly zero...
...advisors (read: translators) explain that if a woman wants to play it safe, fairly conservative must be defined as a jacket and skirt. The interview-prep site WetFeet.com is more explicit, advising that “a skirt suit is de rigeur, and anything other than non-textured nude hose and heels is pushing the envelope of what’s acceptable.” No need to stop by Hootenanny for pleather and fishnets; apparently, in the interview world, just slipping into a pair of J. Crew flat-front trousers is wild enough to be labeled risque...
Other students came up with more creative options. In his post to the Eliot e-mail list, Bell wrote, “I for one am sponge-bathing with the water from a contraband coffee maker. I’ll be out in the courtyard with a hose if any of you have really stinky roommates...
When we arrived in New Jersey, the authorities decontaminated us—we marched in front of them one by one, and they sprayed us with water from a hose. I didn’t feel too certain that I had been disinfected of any biological weapons, only soaked from head to toe and worried that I would catch a cold...