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Word: heater (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...provide a voice for women who receive second-class service when they travel," conducted a survey earlier this year that yielded a flood of complaints about life on the road. Many women are tired of ironing skirts with a trouser press or drying long hair on a space heater. Says Kirsty Maxey, 25, a marketing executive: "It's about time hotels realized that the 'executive' amenities they supply are fairly useless to a lot of the executives traveling these days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: A Room of Her Own | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

...Washlets or similar brands of washing toilets have found their way into 1 out of 8 Japanese homes, according to TOTO. The latest model, called the Washlet Queen, includes a built-in deodorizer, a hand-held wireless remote control to activate front and back sprinklers, and a heater. For the particularly diffident, who hesitate to visit a showroom, TOTO offers a list of 28 shops and restaurants around Tokyo that have Washlets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: King for A Day | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...Princeton's Baker Rink, bring a heater with you. And an electric blanket. And several pairs of socks...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Best and Worst Places to Watch the Ivy League Play | 11/12/1988 | See Source »

...maybe a space heater or two," Clara N. Lee '89 added, before telling two students that Harvard has no systematic AIDS education program, and that they could help organize...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: Harvard Hazards: Red Dots, Green Dots... | 2/4/1988 | See Source »

...trick is to keep your energy up," says Jerry Midder-Rider, 32, a veteran fire fighter from the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Mont. "You just work, sleep and eat." Midder-Rider is warming himself by a gas heater at a base camp deep in the Klamath National Forest, scene of the worst fires and several deaths. Exhausted after twelve hours on the line, he enjoys relaxing briefly with companions from as far away as Maine and Alaska. "We're all equal out here," he says. "That makes all the difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Just War | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

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