Word: steams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...letting off steam, the resolution may do wonders for the enraged Faculty, but it's unlikely to have enormous impact...
...elevation of the miner's position to that of workers in other industries comes during a period of change for the coal industry. American energy needs will require a doubling of coal production by 1980. The coal industry, which has undergone a longterm decline since the disappearance of the steam locomotive, will have to expand at an unprecedented rate to meet the nation's energy requirements. Electric generators that presently burn oil will have to switch to coal, and coal gasification plants will begin to replace diminishing natural gas reserves in the late 1970's. Despite the impending boom...
...healthy exercise for newsmen to write fiction. It keeps it out of their stories, and preserves their sanity. Whitten seems to have a strong background in alchemy and other occult sciences, so he should continue to let off his steam in literature. It may not be the best way to the philosopher's stone, but at least it may help Whitten find a modest pot of gold...
...said that the price of steam has more than doubled since last year and that prices ran about one-third above the steam allocation in this year's budget...
...hair thinner, but underneath he is a 45-year-old Duddy, playing the same game. All the failures, the deadends, the shameful deeds accumulated over decades have done nothing to wean Cohen from a world where all behavior is governed by passions. "Listen, Duddy," he tells Kravitz through the steam sauna, "it's not all wine and honey in this world, but I've got a family and I take damned good care of them. My Bernie won't have to send his partner to jail. But he didn't land in this country with three words of English...