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...called a halt, hundreds of women were rumped by electrified canes and battery-powered "jump boxes"-instruments which made them leap like gazelles. Thousands of women-even the tarts who gathered expectantly near hotel exits-were soaked by the Legion's merciless squirt guns, by a truck-mounted spray machine, and even, at times, by streams from the jugs which the water-gunmen used to refill their weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VETERANS: The Battle of Broadway | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

...pressure hose, the fog wagon can pump 60 gallons of water per minute through two gun type nozzles. "Turning disks inside the nozzles," White said "atomize the water and create a stream of fog which extends 20 feet." In especially close work the fireman can turn on a protective spray which provides a water shield. A five ton winch which can be used to pull down walls and for hauling cars out of rivers is another feature of the new engine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Fog Engine Wet Blankets Oil Fires | 8/5/1947 | See Source »

That attitude got him through the tough grind which made good golfers spray tee shots into the wire-haired rough, even quit in disgust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hard Luck Sammy | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

Swathed in sweaters and towels, and wearing a white umpire's cap over bristling white hair, Haines is a striking sight, and seems almost functionally adapted to leaning into stiff breezes with overtones of cold spray to catch the fleeting error that can throw a whole crew off. When approached about the present write-up, he looked hesitant and said dubiously, "You know, I don't want there to be too much of this 'Bert Haines' business." Every man is, of course, entitled to his opinion about this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Profile | 5/8/1947 | See Source »

...agricultural and health authorities, will take on all the trappings of a civic crusade. Local chambers of commerce, boards of health, Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs will march on the flies in close ranks. In northern Iowa a mechanized column of 40 former G.I.s is training with pressure spray outfits. They plan to hit Mason City on June 9, DDT-ing the whole town fly-less in two hours by the clock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: No Flies on Iowa? | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

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