Word: flame
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unsurprisingly, accounts of expensive residences becoming kindling, or descriptions of boots bursting into flame as perspiring Icelanders combat the creep of lava that threatens their fishing village, are fundamentally more dramatic than the mysterious workings of southern Louisiana hydrology. Yet all three elemental battles recounted by the masterly McPhee are unified by the most uncontrolled and stubborn of all forces: human nature...
...thanks to American ingenuity, another means of thwarting the unflagging zeal of those who might enjoy seeing the flag go up in flames may be at hand. Servpro Industries of Gallatin, Tenn., a residential and commercial cleaning franchiser, is offering to fireproof its customers' flags by spraying them with a flame retardant guaranteed to protect cloth from temperatures of more than 3,000 degrees...
...before you start to think that all Harvard rooming groups are doomed to endless fighting over who ate whose Doritos, you should know that some folks are able to keep that special flame alive. Better stated, they are able to keep from strangling each other...
...emotional dissent, Justice Rehnquist included the text of The Star- Spangled Banner. Its words tell the story of the flag's survival amid British bombs bursting over Fort McHenry -- an image of a banner resilient in the face of flame. Similarly, as long as the freedom for which it stands is resolutely respected, the flag is certain to survive the flames of all the Joey Johnsons who would wish otherwise. "And it is this resilience," proclaimed Justice Brennan, "that we re-reassert today...
...after considerable struggle, this band of feisty and talented women, mostly in the U.S. but also in France and England, have wrested for themselves the full title of chef. To be sure, female cooks in restaurants have a long and honored history. They were the keepers of the flame who always produced traditional dishes without deviation, both in American mom-and-pop eateries and especially in France, where the cuisine de femme (woman's cooking) was celebrated by Escoffier...