Word: lamping
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...whose greenhouses already blaze with artificial light to speed the flowering of their plants, must pay heavily for electric energy, and much of it is wasted on light that plants cannot use. For florists, and for housewives who grow African violets in dark apartments, Sylvania's special fluorescent lamp, called Gro-Lux, may mean a significantly smaller electric bill...
...charcoal and a box of pots and pans, cocktail glasses, an ice chest, a bottle of gin, a bottle of bourbon, a bottle of blended whisky, two deck chairs, four books about the stock market, a rack of record albums, a set of golf clubs, crab nets, a Coleman lamp for flounder fishing, a football, two tennis rackets, playing cards, a hi-fi set, beach sandals, a straw hat-and a set of military uniforms. Then, mixing himself an oldfashioned, he settled down to begin his two weeks' summer training with the Louisiana Air National Guard's 159th...
...surroundings. Says Dederich: "Addicts are babies who look like men and women. They have to grow up emotionally. After they've kicked, they're like children, and they have to be told to turn off the lights, flush the toilet, keep their fingers out of lamp sockets." Such, for example, is Synanon's youngest member, a plump girl of 19 who was trapped by narcotics at 13. After eight months at Synanon, she finally had the courage to raise a shaky voice to sing with a four-man musical combo that is a feature of Saturday night...
...back to the camera. Some months ago, an irate citizen claimed his marriage had been broken up because an RTF cameraman had panned past him at a prize fight, catching him snuggling with his mistress at ringside. When he returned home at midnight, his wife struck him with a lamp. But while all Paris sympathized with him, the aggrieved husband failed to collect damages...
...illumination looks as though the stage was lighted by electricity, whereas the only possible way it could have been lighted would have been by a small candlepower kerosene lamp...