Word: steams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tents first went up, they featured Madame C. J. Walker, a hair-care product inventor who became a self-made millionaire; Edward A. Bouchet, the first African-American to receive a doctorate from an American university with his physics Ph.D. from Yale; and Granvile T. Woods, who invented the steam boiler furnace and an automatic air brake used to stop trains...
Although it began its opposition to theWisconsin Senator uncertainly, the paper soonpicked up steam in its defense of academicfreedom, and served as a forum for renownedMcCarthy foes. In bringing the truth to theHarvard community, and in showing that others werestanding up to the threat, The Crimson saved themorale of a University under siege...
...Speaking of ammo, jury selection begins today as Texas cattlemen lock and load in their case against Oprah. As bad ideas go, suing a popular talk show host over an obscure law against defaming beef ranks right up there with saying "Icebergs? I don't see any icebergs. Full steam ahead...
...arsenal of commercial lice-killing products seems to be having little effect. In Iowa, Virginia and Oklahoma, newspaper articles have discussed the merits of such home remedies as olive oil and vinegar. In Rhode Island, Idaho and Florida, parents are trading tips on smearing their kids' hair with vaseline, steam cleaning the carpets and storing teddy bears in the refrigerator. "It's creating a lot of havoc," says Wayne Kramer, the Nebraska state medical entomologist, who has received 125 calls since the beginning of the school year, many more than usual. "I think it's on the brink of being...
...microchip has become--like the steam engine, electricity and the assembly line--an advance that propels a new economy. Its impact on growth and productivity numbers is still a matter of dispute, but not its impact on the way we work and live. This new economy has several features...