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...Navy Department argument has been like that of a fire-chief who insists upon having for his men hose-nozzles and helmets no whit inferior to those considered necessary by the experienced chief of a neighboring town. Professional reputations are at stake as well as national safety. The Navy Department, and its "second to none" statement, were rather the agents than the reagents of the Coolidge speech. The common object was to put momentum behind the Department's cruiser-building bill (15 cruisers, 1 aircraft carrier) which got delayed in the last session of Congress and which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Second to None | 11/26/1928 | See Source »

...Cambridge, and Quincy streets. The site was chosen by Fire Chief J. M. Casey as an ideal place for a fire station. Chief Casey stated yesterday that if the negotiations for the exchange of properties are carried through, the station will house a 60 foot hook and ladder, a hose wagon, and a pump engine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCHANGE OF LAND IS CONTEMPLATED | 11/23/1928 | See Source »

...order to show his players how to handle a wet football, famed Coach Chick Meehan of New York University drenched several with a garden hose and gave them to his squad for practice, on a sunny afternoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Records: Nov. 19, 1928 | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...offer a few suggestions. The writing-out idea is a good one especially as it may keep the proctors out of harms way correcting papers. After mid-years the stint will probably have to be extended op sentences of this nature, "I will not turn on the fire hose when I am intoxicated". Or perhaps something rhythmic would impress the boys more like, "round the rim of Hell the little rounder runs" or "only wasters date the waitresses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FURTHER FOOLISHNESS | 10/18/1928 | See Source »

...hand in holy water, climb out of bed, and don his dressing gown. The third order then entered to see the king shave and put on his wig. And last came the final rabble of cardinals, marshals, courtiers, to observe the rest of the ceremony: royal breeches and hose, royal shirt by way of the First Valet of the Wardrobe, to the Grand Master of the Wardrobe, to the Dauphin, to the King. "At this crucial moment, while the nightshirt was off and the day-shirt not yet on, one little concession was made to the King's privacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Defunct Sun King | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

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