Word: heatedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Around the core is a "fertile blanket" of 11-238, the spent metal that remains when U-235 is extracted from natural uranium to make atom bombs. Through both blanket and core circulates a sodium-potassium alloy that is liquid at ordinary temperatures. This coolant carries away the heat of the nuclear reaction. The fluid metal leaves the reactor at 660° F., and produces enough steam to generate 250 kw. of power...
...confidence men: disguised as sadus (holy men), they duped pious Hindus into parting with their hoarded valuables. The Barwars specialized in brazen daylight thievery, expelled members who stooped to night operations. The nomadic Panjaros rustled cattle. The Harnis forced their women into prostitution and rolled the customers; when the heat was on, they usually beat it disguised as fakirs, often taking a leper along to scare off the curious...
...ingenious Designer R. Buckminster Fuller (TIME, Nov. 7, 1946, et seq.). Fuller's new design-aims at economy and simplicity. He chose the dome shape in order to cover the largest area with the least surface, and because such a house should be easier to cool and heat than conventional ones. The surface itself, he says, can be transparent (and closed off with a parachute-like curtain) or opaque. Various floor levels are suspended by cables, can be raised or lowered hydraulically. Included in the projected house are Fuller-manufactured kitchen, laundry and bathroom units which can be placed...
...protest. They just waited. Forbidden by Islamic law to wear hats on hajj, they sat huddled hour after hour under the broiling sun, certain that Allah, in his wisdom, would somehow get them to Mecca. Lebanese peddlers did a land-office business selling umbrellas against the fierce heat. "Yallah, hajji [Out of the way, pilgrim]!" cried airport attendants. The huddled groups moved aside, returned and continued to wait-for once on hajj, no pilgrim ever turns back...
...Bausch & Lomb engine does its work in an underground, air-conditioned hideout cut deep into bedrock and fanatically guarded against distracting intrusions. No one may approach it while it is at work; the heat of one man's body might raise the temperature enough to ruin the job. There must be no vibration or fluctuations of power supply, so most of the work on the latest grating was done while the company's plant was shut down for its annual vacation...