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...Carter giveth and the Lord taketh away. I know where my $50 rebate is going-right up the chimney. The economy cannot improve much if all the money is going to one place: the fuel companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 28, 1977 | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

Students in the rooms involved this year left fireplace dampers open, letting cold air in through the chimney and bringing the temperature below freezing, Scialabba maintained...

Author: By Jacob J. Lew, | Title: South House Radiators Freeze, Burst, Flooding Suites Over Christmas Break | 1/4/1977 | See Source »

Adds Cloud: "I imagine it is not unlike covering the election of a new Pope, waiting for the puffs of smoke that rise from the Vatican chimney when a decision has been made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 20, 1976 | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

Pile up the fire half-chimney high...

Author: By Greg Lawless, | Title: A Christmas Chimera | 12/19/1976 | See Source »

...above ground. On the perimeter of the valley, at Denikulu and Kaymakli, the Byzantines tunnelled down into the soft tufa and constructed underground cities eight levels deep and a mile wide, fit to house 10,000 people, their animals and their stores. The inhabitants cooked and ate communally. Special chimney systems were designed to conceal the smoke; ventilation shafts provided air. The various rooms are all connected by a labyrinthine network of stairs and corridors. These troglodytes wheeled mammoth stones across the entrance and holed themselves up for six months at a time...

Author: By John Sedgwick, | Title: Valley of the Fairy Kingdom | 10/19/1976 | See Source »

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