Word: lightness
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...reporters are always looking for stories with some tension and some narrative movement. I often found myself in places where one part of society was rubbing up against another. And then sometimes I'd sort of feel worn down by controversies and murders, and I'd look for a light story about a crawfish festival, or something like that. I don't think [New Yorker editor William] Shawn ever said, "No, that's not right...
Trethewey's advice is simple: Plug up those holes. "If you see light coming through from outside, that means heat is leaving the building," he says. Windows can be particularly tricky: It's easy to forget to lock your windows (unless you live in my New York City neighborhood), but unlocked windows, even when shut, can bleed heat on a cold day. "You might walk by that window outside and think it's nothing, but if you took that thin crack and turned it into a circle, you'd have a hole as big as a nickel or dime," says...
...fuel costs rise, the payback improves," notes Trethewey. A good auditor will use a blower test, which lowers the air pressure inside a home - air from the outside will then rush through openings, revealing any leaks. A truly high-tech test will use thermographic cameras, which detect infrared light, to detect exactly where heat might be leaking...
...both India and Pakistan have been victims of this kind of terrorism. It is a common fate for ordinary people,” he said. “We need to come together to fight this.”Bose said the University faces its own challenges in light of the events.“I think that what Harvard should do as a premier university is to redouble its efforts to understand South Asia,” he said. “We need to understand the roots of this crisis...
...dean is only one of HUCTW’s targets as it looks to shed more light on the implications of the current financial crisis for the University’s staff members...