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Word: hosing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lampoon: has free access to fire extinguishers and can use them to hose down Crimson editors walking in front of Adams House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clip and Save: Excerpts From the Upcoming Lampoon-Chaparral Collaboration | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

...many of the scenes are marred, however, by lackadaisical execution by the spent actors. And a few of the scenes are downright inexplicable. During one interminable aria, Sesto wrestles with a rubber snake, ties himself up with a garden hose, then connects the end of the hose to his arm. The program declares that Sesto is singing that, "The offended serpent never rests until its venom is spilled into the blood of the offender." Rubber hose, rubber snake, poison...nope, it's too subtle, I just...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: On Opera: | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...continual shower of salt spray are so forceful that both skippers have had serious trouble with their eyes. Conner was forced to consult a Perth specialist. Says ( Murray: "In the early races I was coming in every day with double vision. It's like having a saltwater hose going flat out into your face." Murray and crew now wear sunglasses, which must constantly be cleared of caked salt with squeeze bottles of fresh water. Kookaburra Mainsheet Trimmer Peter Gilmour, known as "Crash" for his aggressive tactics as Murray's starting helmsman, sometimes wears an industrial dust mask to protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The America's Cup: Auld Mug's Game | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...Hose said that student support for the fast is widespread. "The range of political opinion [at Brandeis] runs from left-of-center to radical left," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brandeis Clergy Conduct Hunger Strike | 2/4/1987 | See Source »

Brandeis President Evelyn E. Handler was out of town and unavailable for comment. Hose said, "The administration doesn't have an opinion [on the fast]--it's personal statement [by the clergy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brandeis Clergy Conduct Hunger Strike | 2/4/1987 | See Source »

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