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...Zaghlul, widow of the great anti-British statesman Zaghlul Pasha (1860-1927), was active at Cairo last week in checking ill-timed anti-British riots by Members of his party, the Wafd. She and servants played a fire hose on certain rioters. Others, unchecked, lost their heads so completely that they mistook for an Englishman and attacked the Principal of the American College outside of Cairo, Dr. Charles P. Russel of Hastings, Neb. At him was thrown acid which burned him, though not dangerously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Flat Defy | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...time the first diver went down on Sunday, December 18, and heard tappings from the torpedo room, why did he not connect up the air-hose then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Again, S-4 | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

Court tennis is one of the most complicated games in the world. It has changed very little since two kings imprisoned in a palace courtyard invented it and other kings in other courtyards played it in hose and doublet. In the gallery of the Racquet and Tennis Club of New York is a king's throne copied from one the Bourbons used to sit on to watch their sons and relatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Court Tennis | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

...dirigible dipped gently, close to the carrier; then bucked like a frightened horse. A vagrant gust tossed it 200 feet in air. Again it angled downward, its sensitive nose smelling the sea ship tentatively. Ropes were dropped, sailors dragged the huge sky ship closer, held it fast. A hose was hoisted aboard the Los Angeles. Refuelling was simulated; supplies, passengers exchanged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Hit the Deck | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

...Sycamore, Ill., Mrs. Helena Dolder, newly appointed sheriff, had plates of tepid, sticky, horrible mush served to the prisoners at the jail. Thirty-three scowling criminals began to curse Mrs. Dolder, describing her mush also in uncomplimentary terms. Mrs. Dolder turned on a hose and squirted water over the 33 criminals until they cried for mercy. The next night she again provided plates of tepid, sticky, horrible mush. This the prisoners ate with relish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jan. 30, 1928 | 1/30/1928 | See Source »

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