Word: laddering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Firemen raised a ladder against the kitchen wall, climbed up with axes and fire extinguishers, entered through the roof, and then quickly extinguished the blaze...
CAREER: California-born (1902) and Texas-bred; graduate of Texas' military-minded Agricultural & Mechanical College, where he helped earn his way by peddling candy in dormitories, played trumpet in the school band; in 1923, he entered the Army Air Service, worked up the peacetime ladder; on the eve of Pearl Harbor, he was deputy chief of staff, Sixth Air Force at Albrook Field, Panama Canal Zone...
Spencer at three is the most improved player on the squad, according to his coach. Since play started in April, Spencer has worked his way up the team ladder from the seventh position...
Another worthy feature of the Club is its extensive racing program. Club members make up the Crimson Yacht Team, and as such compete in a regular schedule of intercollegiate meets. Current composition of the team is determined by a flexible ladder...
...Gorman and Paul Weissman at fourth and fifth. Mitch Rosenholtz and Bill Timpson complete the seven-man team. Besides these, Scott Lukins, who has already played one match, and Bill Caswell have shot rounds under 80 to keep them in the running. Bill Rydell is ninth man on the ladder...