Word: steams
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...this hub of a glorious, steam-driven empire, the average life expectancy of the city's poorest was only 16, and the cellars of even the better off were often full of excrement. Still, the muck signaled a business opportunity to the 100,000 or so toshers (copper salvagers), mudlarks and bone-pickers who crammed the city's margins, scavenging its corpses or sifting through its effluvia on the banks of the Thames. The air in parts of the capital was so appalling that when, in 1854, cholera struck on Broad Street in the Soho district and quickly developed into...
...dominance in power-play minutes. Through the first two periods Harvard committed only one penalty, resulting in a two-minute power play. Providence, by contrast, committed five penalties for ten minutes of power play time through the first two frames.In the third period however, the Crimson ran out of steam, its tough recent schedule perhaps taking a toll, and began committing penalties (four for eight minutes). Two penalties committed less than a minute apart by Harvard (at 13:01 and 13:53 into the third period) provided the Friars almost three minutes of uninterrupted powerplay, including almost a minute...
...membership, at a fraction of[an error occurred while processing this directive] the normal cost, coinciding with the recent launch of its Spa in the Walled Garden. The clean, modern lines of the glass, stone and wood sanctuary - boasting such sensory treats as a vitality plunge pool, a crystal steam room and massage therapists with seemingly magic hands - are bisected by an 18th century garden wall that belongs to Rossdhu House. Built by the Colquhoun clan in 1773, it was the family seat until the mid-1970s and now serves as the clubhouse as well as the location of five...
...ignored and resented” by the student body.The campaigns will be out in full force for the next four days, until voting closes on Thursday. Although the weekend momentum has been important for the outcome of the election historically, the campaigns will have to maintain steam and work to get out the vote over the next few days.“Nothing ends until Thursday at noon,” Riley told Petersen supporters yesterday...
...Romney’s request. “It’s anybody’s guess,” Winters said of the outcome. “I think anybody who claims to know how it’s going to be adjudicated is just blowing steam...