Word: heatedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Students] have a right to keep their windowsopen," Machi said. "They shouldn't have to stiflein the heat just to keep the noise...
...time required to prepare for office. Oblivious to the stunned cries of betrayal, Perot insisted, as he tiresomely does with every gesture, that he was interested only in the good of the country. The most probable explanation for Perot's reversal is simpler: he couldn't take the heat. Politics is perhaps the only professional game amateurs truly believe they can win. "Even professionals who've been in the minor leagues all their lives don't really appreciate what awaits them at the presidential level," says Michael Dukakis, who has more than a nodding acquaintance with the majors...
...tenants cited peeling paint, holes in ceilings and floors, heat problems, mice and poor upkeep in the building's common areas. In short, critics say a city agency agreed to raise rents for a building that is "abominable" and "a dump." And they say 266-270 Windsor St. is a perfect example of why the city's rent control system needs structural reforms...
...think I'm being given a chance in effect to start again. Under the circumstances, after all I've been through, to be in what is a functional three-way dead heat is not all that bad. I'll take that...
Since the Industrial Revolution, gases like carbon dioxide and methane have been wafting into the atmosphere, where they let the sun's rays in to warm the earth but keep excess heat from escaping back into space. Acting like the glass walls of a greenhouse, these gases have forced the planet's temperature up 0.8 degreesC (1.5 degreesF) over the past century or so. If the trend continues, temperatures could increase up to 5 degreesC (9 degreesF) within 50 years, raising the sea level, distorting weather patterns and causing widespread environmental disruption...