Word: burn
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Edison is commonly called the inventor of the light bulb. In truth, he and his co-workers accomplished far more than that. In 1879 they created an incandescent lamp with a carbonized filament that would burn for 40 hours, but a working laboratory model was only the first step. How could they make this device illuminate the world? For this they would need a host of devices, including generators, motors, junction boxes, safety fuses and underground conductors, many of which did not exist. Amazingly, only three years later Edison opened the first commercial electric station on Pearl Street in lower...
...truly realize joy. Again we sense this instinctively--the pleasure we feel when a tooth stops hurting reminds us that we live our life in contexts and contrasts, and so perhaps you can argue that only by witnessing, and confronting, great evil were the forces of light able to burn most bright...
...Research Group: "The chance of a painful failure goes up as they increase the chips on the table. Just look at the metrics. As the company grows in scale, the absolute dollars it's losing are greater and greater: debt is going up, margins are going down and cash burn is increasing...
Noon to 12:30 p.m.: Lunch is eaten. It too will most likely consist of a sandwich or candy bar, unless those with money to burn decide to head out for a meal in the local--and undoubtedly fine--eateries...
...really get to know each other in a non-competitive setting. The other goal is just as important. We want to set up a community for the entire school"--but still is a social organization. Technically Radcliffe did not die, and bras are too expensive these days to burn on a regular basis...