Word: showering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John F. Kennedy would hide in the shower room when newspaper photographers came to take pictures of the Harvard swimming team...
...Israeli border outposts, the fedayeen often depend on artillery cover from regular Arab army troops. In the event of a ceasefire, the Arab governments presumably would withhold that tactical support, as Jordan's King Hussein last week ordered his troops to do. But the guerrillas could still shower Israel from three countries with their small-arms fire and with rockets and mortars. Israelis who live in settlements near the Jordanian, Syrian and Lebanese frontiers will almost certainly have to continue sleeping in shelters, even after a formal cease-fire begins...
...open, on his way to the kitchen or the latrine. Also worrisome are the "monkeys," as the moles refer to the camouflaged Egyptian snipers who perch in 60-ft. eucalyptus trees across the canal. At one fort, a sniper plinked away whenever an Israeli headed for a shower. The commander knew that artillery would be of little use; 105-mm. howitzers had been tried before, but only made the trees sway. Besides, the shells cost $85 apiece. One morning, the commander rose before dawn, hid among the dunes and, as soon as the sun began rising at his back...
...showers are somehow related to the toilets so that whenever a toilet is flushed it cuts off all the cold water in the shower...
...pretty much fills up the after noon," he said. "You know, I get up at 2:30, take a shower until three, then sit in front of the fan in my room for an hour...