Word: halogens
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...started with the lighting: Soft, buttery yellow, with that sort of Vaseline-smeared quality favored by Streisand, Walters and Sawyer. And while Diane makes it work, George and Al both looked absolutely absurd with those halogen halos circling their rock-hard coifs. Then the conversation started, and the anguish increased. There was Al, crinkling the corners of his eyes in his best "I feel your pain" imitation and managing only to look like he was in some sort of gastrointestinal distress. And here was George, leaning in so close to Oprah that he looked ready to fall right...
...administrators says they were influenced more by fire safety concerns than cost savings, since fluorescent lamps pose a much lower fire risk than the halogen lamps...
Both Dingman and Lichten said administrators had read reports of fires caused by halogen lamps at other schools and were particularly influenced by a fire caused by a halogen bulb several years ago in Canaday Hall...
Some first year students who already have the non-halogen lamps say they have been satisfied with their performance...
...Leverett House resident Dodzie K. Sogah '01, who has not seen the new lamps yet, said he doubted the fluorescent lamps could ever approach the brightness and warmth of halogen lamp...