Word: heats
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Heat over the Thermostat...
...President Carter wants summertime temperatures in public buildings to remain at 80° F or above, we are going to have to turn on the heat in my office...
...been married 23 years to a Washington judge; they have no children. For relaxation, she likes to cook "everything from Chinese shrimp to strawberry pies." Standing the heat in the kitchen will serve her well...
...that verbal heat last week was over one of the President's more modest steps to conserve energy: his proclamation requiring most public and commercial buildings in the nation to be cooled to no lower than 78° F this summer. Although health experts assert that such a temperature is within an acceptable human "comfort range," the moaning over this minor inconvenience was widespread...
...fact, Skylab's history of glitches demonstrated both the futility of taking technological shortcuts and the agility of men working in space to remedy unexpected ailments. When Skylab was launched by a Saturn 5 booster rocket on May 14, 1973, a large section of its meteoroid and heat shield ripped away, taking one of its prematurely extended solar-energy wings with it. A second wing jammed in a retracted position. The craft both overheated in orbit and was dangerously underpowered. But in the space age's first salvage mission, on May 25, 1973, Astronauts Charles ("Pete") Conrad Jr. and Joseph...