Word: burners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Front Burner. Who gains politically from the battle? The White House is certain that Muskie has hurt himself. Democrats and independents see it differently. The Republican attacks, said Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, "put this issue back on the front burner. What they do also is to build up Muskie." By focusing on Muskie, the Republicans give the Democratic front runner greater prominence; the Administration seems to be treating him as if he were already the nominee. Further, by making Muskie out to be the leading dove, the Republicans have strengthened his position with antiwar voters who might otherwise prefer...
...back as 1965, Fishwick's dream was to merge the N&W with Chesapeake and Ohio to create a system strong enough to compete with what became Penn Central. The merger idea was put on the back burner when the Penn Central went broke. Fishwick has since turned his attention to making N&W the nation's No. 1 railroad for service...
...merger came as a result of serious financial losses for both institutions. The new joint facility will provide 'batch processing' computer facilities for both schools and will also keep the costs down," Weston Burner, Director of the M.I.T. Information Process Center, said yesterday...
...curious. Is the odd-looking vessel so strategically placed at the feet of Premier Chou En-lai during audiences with Western visitors [Aug. 23] a spittoon, a good, old-fashioned chamber pot, an incense burner or a Chicom fire extinguisher used for dampening Western overtures? (MRS.) ANDREA R. WALCOTT Kingston, Jamaica...
...Ohio, a four-year-old girl was dressed in her nightgown, ready for bed. Then she decided to take a last look at her pet bird. She clambered to the top of the kitchen range for a closer view, nudged the gas burner and her nightgown all but exploded in flames. It took 97 days and eleven skin grafts before she could leave the hospital. Even so she was luckier than many others. The Government estimates that 3,000 to 5,000 Americans die each year from burns, many associated with flammable clothing and interior furnishings. Another...