Word: stove
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...land developer, devised a promotional scheme for his new $15 million resort complex. He decided to hire a flagpole sitter to perch atop his resort's 45-ft. flagpole for a year. The perch was actually a 10-ft. by 10-ft. cabin complete with refrigerator, television, bed, stove, chemical toilet and telephone. The pay was not bad either: $1,000 a month, plus a $2,800 bonus if the sitter stayed up for the full year...
...tallest building in town; God exerts his influence even in the architecture. Calendars with the Pope's picture hold sacred positions next to the children's photos on top of the television. Sewing machines work manually, though electricity is available. Instant coffee sits on top of a wood-burning stove. Battered wooden rockers sway next to plastic kitchen chairs. Telephone wires stretch above glassless windows. Near the electricity meter the old fashioned stove-pipe vent perches like...
...women sit implacably behind pyramid-like piles of the leaves, and, if one looks closely enough, it is possible to see them move the coca wads from one side of the mouth to the other. As I walked by, one woman, just setting up her small portable stove to cook lunch, spit some of the spittly green juice from the leaves into a dirty bag next to her. She took a small handful of the leaves from another bag and put them into her mouth. Her jaws went to work...
...Robert Kimmel Smith, 42, who writes in his Brooklyn, N.Y., home and cares for his children while his wife Claire works full time as a literary agent. Schacter enlivens his vacuuming chores by plugging in a set of stereo headphones. Cincinnati Househusband Ken Onaitis, 26, slaves over a hot stove and grew angry at first when his wife arrived home late for dinner. Says he: "Well, you work two hours over something...
MISCELLANEOUS firms of varied size and description stand to make money from the crisis. Drilling service companies, like the French giant Schlumberger, are profiting from renewed interest in oil exploration. In Maine, the Franklin Stove Foundry Inc. has sold 33% more wood-burning stoves this year than...