Word: heat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hangar deck: three of them were already laden with bombs; the fourth, a tanker, carried 900 gal. of JB5 jet fuel. The fire fighters watched in helpless horror as the steel bulkheads of the flare locker started ballooning under the 7,000° heat inside. The steel hatch blasted open with a great gout of flame that engulfed the hangar and sent fire balls rocketing down every passageway, igniting two helicopters. Five sailors were burned alive...
While the Democrats were clawing at each other's throats, Minnesota Republicans were proving very agreeable opponents. The Republicans' campaign mistakes have balanced out the D.F.L. internal split so thoroughly the November 8 gubanatorial election could end in another dead heat...
...McLoone, running by far the best race of his varsity career, was judged to have come in second, in 28:31. Bob Stempson and Jim Smith, who were trying for a triple dead heat along with McLoone, were judged third and fourth, respectively, with the same time. Junior Dick Howe rounded out the scoring 20 seconds later, and he was soon followed by classmates Jim Baker and Joe Ryan...
...Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round just fills the space between a frisky title and a tricky TV-comedy ending, but doesn't fill it with any revels that require a viewer's complete attention. The movie's hero is a lickerish, hipsterish con artist named Kotch, played by James Coburn in a flaccid reprise of his role as Our Man Flint. In prison, Kotch cranks up a steal-a-million scheme, a testament to the faith of moviemakers that a tale so often told must be good for something-even if it is no longer...
...upper floors. While this period is not popular among students for work, it is a favorite time for the faculty members, who like to drop by for a few hours after afternoon classes. When the sun hits the offices they are caught in a spotlight and as their rooms heat up they cannot avoid putting on a show for the secretaries across the courtyard. In any case, all the offices need curtains -- why give someone a private office devoid of privacy? True, hangings might break the lines of the building, but here is one case where beauty must give...