Word: boiler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American's plant will also be able to produce atomic fuel, i.e., plutonium. But its main purpose will be the study of practical production of electric power. Liquid metal (probably sodium) circulating through the reactor will absorb the tremendous heat generated by atomic fission. Piped through a water boiler, the superheated metal will produce steam. The steam, in turn, will drive a conventional turbogenerator...
When the canoe smashed up this year, a Boston and Maine Railroad engineer stopped his freight train to watch the accident. Later, a mill operator came to the drenched members' rescue by giving them the sanctuary of his boiler room in order...
...legs of turtle. Mold teaspoonsful of dough into balls. Dip bottoms in egg white and press on to the pecans. Bake at 350° F. for 10-12 minutes. Cool and frost tops. Chocolate frosting: Put 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, ¼ cup milk and 1 tablespoon butter in double boiler. Heat over boiling water until chocolate melts; blend until smooth. Remove from stove; add 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar. Beat until smooth...
...Utilities use Diamond Power's cheap ($4,200) Utiliscope. For Long Island Lighting Co., it peers inside a furnace to make sure the pilot light is burning before the furnace is refueled. For Manhattan's Consolidated Edison, it watches the water level in a boiler five floors away and checks up on fly-ash at the top of 250-ft. chimneys for the furnace tenders...
Papers in the chain have been changing their makeup, dumping the old circus & gingerbread style that was a Hearst trademark. In its place have come cleaner headline type, fewer screaming bannerlines and a more up-to-date, readable layout. Gigantic cartoons and other boiler plate that once poured out of Hearst headquarters are now passed up by editors whenever they will, and even such well-entrenched Hearst columnists as Westbrook Pegler and George Sokolsky may be dropped or trimmed as editors desire...