Word: heatings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Television, too, can easily turn into a nonstop highlight film. It misses life around the edges, where life is lived most colorfully. TV intensifies some moments by ignoring others. In the first heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase last week, Davendra Singh of Fiji was quickly out of the picture. Quite literally. Within a few laps, Singh was already so far behind the pack that the camera didn't even follow him. Yet still he kept on going. One could imagine the view from his end: the dispiriting sight of distant bodies receding as he tried to catch them...
Students who are hot under the collar about the temperature of their rooms can stop steaming: as of Columbus Day, Harvard's heat will be running on a computer-controlled thermostat. And until that date, a phone call to the "Hotline" can lead to those few keypresses that make the steam flow and fingers thaw...
...Heat in the buildings is provided by three underground steam mains in a tunnel called the "Mill Street Header," which are activated by October 1 each year. A computerized valve system regulates the supply of steam to each building, and can be turned on or off from a terminal at the Facilities Maintenance Department. Until October 12, department members flip switches based on students' calls; after this date, a computer controls the heat automatically...
...indoor temperature is at or below 68 degrees Farenheit, state and federal regulations require Harvard to heat the buildings. To monitor the temperature, the computer is connected to a network of temperature sensors called "space sensors" located both inside and outside Harvard's buildings...
Before October 12, though, the decision to heat each building is made automatically. Students who find they need to wear three layers inside their rooms can call Harvard's Heating "Hotline...