Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Smoke, pouring from a burnt-out lighting fixture on the fifth floor of Matthews Hall, drew five Cambridge fire engines into the Yard last night shortly after...
...some of its power plants. When noxious sulfur dioxides are discharged at that altitude, the gases become so mixed with clean air that after they finally descend to the level at which people breathe, the sulfur is too diluted to be harmful. Sulfur can also be removed from coal smoke by special chemical catalysts called "scrubbers" before the smoke goes up the stack. Trouble is, the scrubbers are expensive-the Tennessee Valley Authority is spending $50 million installing them on one power plant-and the industry insists that they are unreliable. One possible reason for the utilities' attitude toward...
Hartman warns that a plant should not be considered safe simply because a pet animal nibbles on it with no ill effects; it could still be harmful to humans. He also suggests avoiding smoke from burning foliage because even vapors may carry poisons. "Remember," he adds, "heating and cooking do not always destroy toxic substances, the mushroom being a prime example...
However well Reagan is doing in the polls, he lost at least one supporter last weekend. Crimson photographer Tim Carlson spotted John Paul Laremy, an 8-year-old New Hampshireite at the Reagan rally in Manchester's huge smoke-filled armory. Paul was wearing three Reagan stickers on the back of his coat. The next night Carlson saw the same kid at the Carter rally in the East Ballroom of the Carpenter Motor Hotel, holding a "Jimmy Carter for President" sign. He investigated this sudden shift in allegiance and John Paul had this to say for his previous night...
...makes little difference, since Yale later cried foul on a number of calls that went Harvard's way. But, when the smoke had cleared nine matches later, Albert's loss represented the margin of victory...