Word: dryer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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WASHERS AND HEATERS: An automatic clothes washer uses only 103 kwh. of energy a year, but a dryer needs almost ten times as much. A standard hot water heater burns 4,219 kwh. annually, v. 4,811 kw-h., or $110.17 worth for a deluxe, quick-recovery model. Opening the tap at the base of most water heaters at least monthly drains out heat-robbing sediment...
...inflated, worn or comfortably toted. "Body extensions"-notions to be worn by people on the move-include the "Toot-a-Loop" radio, which twists around the arm like a snake. The sauna bodysuit promises to create a hotbox effect merely by being hooked up to a portable hair dryer...
...traditionally a golf weakling, did some heavy recruiting, and the four freshman on this year's team have responded by beating Yale and performing well on their Southern trip. "They are the two toughest Ivy teams, but we will be playing on our home course, and it should be dryer than Amherst's," added Kistner...
...plant and animal remains were originally converted by underground heat into the world's present reserves of oil, coal and natural gas. In Garrett's design, raw garbage straight from the ashcan would be chopped into gravel-sized pieces by an enormous shredder, then run through a dryer to remove moisture. An air classifier would separate the inorganic matter (metals, glass) from the organic (paper, food wastes). The organic matter would then be ground into a sugar-fine powder and heated to a temperature...
...product could make them grow; the new "Fresh Guys" theme features animated loaves in TV commercials. More candor is creeping into ads. Pitches for Sta Dri now note that no antiperspirant really keeps people dry. The product's name, the ads say, should "probably be 'Stay Dryer...