Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nearby, other fire fighters with faces like chimney sweeps exchange tales of close calls and prior battles. Their constant coughing sounds like a tuberculosis ward. As they talk, each fire takes on its own mischievous personality, some quick and cagey, others plodding and stubborn. Despite the laughter, some fire fighters appear homesick. The constant, tortuous line at the only two available pay phones is full of long faces. After waiting for 2 1/2 hrs. to call his wife, one man is greeted by an answering machine, and his howls echo through the smoke as he storms back to his tent...
Anything less exciting might send many fire fighters packing. "A fire is quick and dirty," explains Larry Humphrey, 40, a natural-resource specialist from Safford, Ariz., who is in charge of 250 fire fighters. "I guess I don't have the patience for any other job." A 15-year veteran of forest fires, Humphrey has had only one day off in a month, but says he would keep on working for free. As he talks, nearby flames shoot several hundred feet up a Douglas fir in a matter of seconds. The tremendous roar is followed by the thunder...
...QUICK already has a busy schedule of future engagements, including a party this Saturday night at Currier House. Men of Clay is also keeping busy. And Ben Hammond and Heiberger are currently the music directors for the Citystep dance ensemble. How do these Harvard students, already overcommitted by nature, balance the demands of so many different musical groups...
What does the future hold for Men of Clay and The Quick? The musicians plan to record a demo tape, perform at local clubs and other campuses, and play more fusion-oriented music; "we're jazz musicians at heart," Heiberger says...
...YORK--Stocks tumbled in frantic trading yesterday, dousing hopes of quick recovery from the market's historic crash and raising fears that violent financial spasms may afflict the world indefinitely...