Word: laddered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...five years of service as a fire dog, a black & white Dalmatian named Whiskers lent Hook & Ladder Company No. 10f Newark a flash and luster which made it the envy of the whole department. Whiskers slept in the big truck and never missed an alarm-even though he often had to gallop back from nearby meat shops when the gong began to clang. When he got to the fire, Whiskers would climb ladders and dash eagerly into burning buildings...
...three-story climbs were nothing to him. Once he made it all the way to the top of a 100-ft. extension ladder. Whiskers fell into a drum of ink at a printing-plant fire and came up black. Once, he left a blazing paint factory glittering with gilt. He was unruffled...
H.T.G. officials suspected foul play in the collapse of the balloon, which was in perfect condition when checked at 4 p.m. yesterday, but had been deflated three hours later. The ladder leading up to the cat-walk was also broken...
Colonel Francis S. ("Gabby") Go-breski, 32, one of the country's leading aces (28 planes shot down in Europe, 3 MIG-iss in Korea) moved up the command ladder, became boss of the 51st Fighter Wing in Korea...
Some dogs are inherently smarter than others: some must seek the top of the intellectual ladder through their own efforts. The miniature Schnauzer seen of late attending Professor Beer's course in Parliamentary Government (Gov. 112), and Professor Thompson's course in the "Age of Handel" (Music 125) falls in the latter class...