Word: pump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three Charles E. Wilsons (no kin to each other) who are top executives of General Motors Corp., General Electric Co. and Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp.; nor to Norman W. Wilson, head of Hammermill Paper Mill Co., Edward F. Wilson, head of Wilson & Co., John L. Wilson, head of St. Louis Public Service Co., Laroy W. Wilson, head of Advance Aluminum Castings Co., H. W. Wilson, head of H. W. Wilson Book Co., nor to any of the dozen-odd Wilsons who head other large U.S. companies...
...Prime the Pump." The other voice of the week was the flat twang of Ohio's Bob Taft. His galoshes firmly buckled against Midwest winter weather, he tromped across six states, flailing away at federal spending, high taxes, Government controls. Bob Taft was still running against the New Deal, but as always, he met his troubles head-on in that dogged spirit which makes men admire him even though they disagree with...
...shaded seclusion of the Yard, and even there modern buildings were appearing every year. Matthews Hall, called "the finest college dormitory in America," had been built two years before; it marked an all-time high in student luxury. No longer would the men have to go out to the pump on cold mornings, for there were bathrooms in the basement. Weld and Thayer, also recent acquisitions, were only slightly less magnificent...
...temple of Hokkekyo to undergo 100 days of purification and study. At the temple gateway stood Chief Priest Nissei Nakakita, asking the novices for six times last year's entrance fee. For three months of contemplation and 700 duckings in the ice-cold waters of the temple pump, 58 novices paid the inflated rate. Outside "the door that is not opened" devoted followers waited eagerly for their cries as freezing water coursed down their naked bodies...
...priest who was taking the rites for the second time, who relayed the message on up by rank. I protested to Chief Priest Nakakita, and for this I was beaten up by the oldtimers [he showed scars on his arms], Nakakita gave us bad oil for the well pump, and the oil dripped into the well and gave us all diarrhea. Then we ran out of water. Nakakita told us we would have to yell as if we were sluicing ourselves with water so the visitors would think we were going through the rites. For two days we went into...