Word: heatless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...genteelly christened Charlotte Gardens. Proudly showing off his fully equipped three-bedroom house with its cathedral ceilings, plush carpeting and small backyard, David notes, "This is a hell of a deal compared with the hellhole we lived in before." The Riveras jumped at the chance to desert their often heatless $400-a-month rental apartment near by. They took possession of their new $47,000 home with an initial $7,500, and will pay a mortgage of $370 a month...
This much is certain: oranges are freezing in Florida, winter wheat on the parched Midwestern plains is threatened by drought, schools are closed in Boston because of natural gas shortages, heatless New York City residents are being forced to seek shelter in municipally heated armories, and barges are running aground as the water level drops in the less-mighty-than-usual Mississippi. Anywhere one looked, it was too cold or too hot, and nearly everywhere...
...help alleviate the suffering, the city opened two National Guard armories to refugees from heatless buildings. As many as 2,000 people-mainly mothers with young children-fled their frigid homes to sleep, eat, read, iron and pass the gloomy days on Army-issue cots. Elizabeth Martinez brought her two toddlers, ages 1 and 2, to an armory in Harlem. Said she: "They were getting sick with colds and fever all the time. My little one's hands were green and frozen from the cold. The water was frozen in the toilet bowl...