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Even though the maintenance of this system is high—a number of people work full time on it—it is still better than the alternatives. Mainly, it prevents a need for numerous boilers, freeing up a great deal of space in the houses and elsewhere (the Radcliffe yard and quadrangle have their own distinct boiler systems). Also, it allows for better environmental controls on a single fuel-burning source...
...boiler room, Kamagi, a six-armed troll, keeps stern watch over dozens of soot-ball slaves--cute vermin, thrilled when Chihiro shows up to lighten their work load. Ren, a scrubwoman, offers Chihiro the weary wisdom of the eternal underclass. The child's best hope for fleeing Yubaba on the undersea railroad is young Haku, a boy who can take on the shape of a dragon. When Chihiro and this beautiful beast take to the sky, they express the most elevated forms of teamwork and puppy love...
...they're as welcome in some temples as internal-affairs investigators in a police station. Adul, who is an avid fan of detective flicks, says the life of a tamruat phra is a lonely one. Not to mention dangerous. "Suspects often resist," says Sawoey. A former rock guitarist and boiler room worker, still beefy after 25 years as a monk, he's been punched, kicked, black-eyed and bloodied. He takes the risks because "a lot of people are using the robe to make a profit...
...want to know what Shanahan thinks about late at night, what truly gets him agitated, ask him about the boiler. It comes on for 20 minutes and then goes off. He cannot get the church above 60[degrees] for Sunday Mass. He has put up a huge thermometer poster, marking the slow progress of a campaign to raise $55,000 for a new boiler. A couple of weeks ago, he got an anonymous voice-mail message that left him devastated. The furious caller said he had got sick from the frigid church. "Why don't you use some...
Other small firms are worried that their exports will evaporate. At the Boiler Tube Co. of America, based in Lyman, S.C., steel accounts for about 60% of the cost of its parts for industrial boilers. The company buys most of its steel--including stainless steel and specialized pressure tubing--from overseas suppliers such as Germany's Bentler, and for some alloys the cost is 40% less than for domestically produced steel. Higher steel costs could erode Boiler Tube's exports, which account for about 10% of its $40 million to $50 million in annual revenues, and may encourage foreign suppliers...