Word: sprinkler
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...only she could wake up and find it was the afternoon of Sept. 10. Jo was home after helping out with his family's lawn-sprinkler business, before heading for the firehouse. He flicked through a magazine with pictures of big Victorian homes. "Let's go and look at some houses tomorrow," he said to his wife of five years. But for Jo, tomorrow was cut short. "I'm thankful I had him for the time I did, so thankful that he chose me," Naoemi says. "But it was too short. We had our lives planned for the next...
...hijacking could net enough raw material for multiple bombs--or the truck itself could become a surface-to-surface missile if a kamikaze driver took the wheel. Nothing like that has happened, but the possibility has authorities across the U.S. frazzled. Two weeks ago, a water truck (with a sprinkler that conceivably could spray chemicals) was stolen in Colorado. After a day-long, statewide search, the vehicle turned up. "A couple of yo-yos stole it for fun," says an investigator. But before it was recovered, a federal official says, "we were going crazy...
...police officer directed Sullivan to the house dining hall to sit with other anxious hallmates. She was told a fire sprinkler had burst and five rooms had suffered considerable water damage...
...hijacking could net enough raw material for multiple bombs--or the truck itself could become a surface-to-surface missile if a kamikaze driver took the wheel. Nothing like that has happened, but the possibility has authorities across the U.S. frazzled. Two weeks ago, a water truck (with a sprinkler that conceivably could spray chemicals) was stolen in Colorado. After a day-long, statewide search, the vehicle turned up. "A couple of yo-yos stole it for fun," says an investigator. But before it was recovered, a federal official says, "we were going crazy...
...overcast Texas the clouds routinely open up, drenching the all-star cast, which includes Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Liv Tyler and budding starlet Kate Hudson. In fact, a source of water can be found in nearly every scene, be it an ornate fountain at the mall, a chirping sprinkler on a golf course, or a calm pond in the woods. As such, water gives the movie a sense of coherence. Which is good, because the plot certainly doesn...