Word: steams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hollywood in Wolper prevailed on other counts, however. Anyone consider, during the parade of athletes, the 300 beautiful young women carrying placards bearing the names of nations? "We got a lot of steam from the committee on this," Wolper said. "They said, 'You can't pick girls just on the way they look.' I'm in show business, folks. I don't give a damn about the rules. This is a show. I'm putting on a running event. You look good, you can't be an Olympic ard bearer." As it happened...
...first-ballot victory. Hart's aides happily spread the word that some 50 delegates who had been unpledged or in Mondale's camp had expressed interest in voting for Hart out of disgust over the Lance affair. Mondale's retreat, however, took much of the steam out of the fledgling revolt...
...heat came from an excess of steam from a basement unit designed to heat that part of the Yard's water, buildings mainenance officials said...
Rosen said steps had been taken to alleviate the overheating, including additional insulation and the placement of fans in the basement to blow the steam out into halls instead of allowing it to float up. Rosen said he expected the insulation to be completed within a week...
After years of living up to its name, Old Faithful no longer is. For the past century, the famed Yellowstone geyser in Wyoming spouted just about every 70 minutes, shooting a stream of boiling water and steam some 130 ft. into the air for two to four minutes. Now, when eruption time arrives, the geyser sometimes burps and spits for 20 or even 40 minutes. Eventually, Old Faithful blows, but on its own fickle time...