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Word: roof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson widened its lead to 14-8 in the next match, won easily, 7-1, by Jim Corcoran (158 lbs.). But then the roof fell...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Matmen Bow to Chiefs, 26-20 | 12/1/1976 | See Source »

...difficult to collect. The amount of solar energy reaching the earth averages 126 watts per sq. ft. Even in a northerly location such as Madison, Wis., the amount of solar energy striking an acre of ground is equivalent to 10 bbl. of oil per day, while that hitting a roof is in most cases more than enough to meet the energy needs of the building below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Gift from the Sun | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...stored in a 2,500-gal. tank. Hot water then circulates through a heat coil over which air is blown by a fan and ducted to every room in the house. At Harry Evans' new home in East Hampton, N.Y., heat from solar panels in the roof is collected in a bin containing 1,000 sealed, plastic bottles of water, which can hold the heat for as long as three sunless days. The system provides between 50% and 75% of Evans' home heating requirements. Alden and Margaret Krider of Manhattan, Kans., have fashioned their own solar collectors from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Gift from the Sun | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

Arizona Democrat Mo Udall will not be waving to crowds on Inauguration Day, and not just because he lost his bid for a presidential nomination. Spending his first full weekend this year at his suburban Washington house, Udall decided to make some overdue repairs to a faulty roof gutter. On his way aloft his metal ladder slipped, dumping the Congressman more quickly than a campaign promise. Udall broke both forearms and chipped a bone in his left wrist. "It's not been my year," lamented Mo later, both arms in casts. "All I need now is to get swine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 29, 1976 | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

Mostel also said his motivation for doing the current New York revival of "Fiddler on the Roof" was "primarily greed...

Author: By Lillian C. Jen, | Title: Mostel Zeroes in on Blacklist | 11/23/1976 | See Source »

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