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...many Republican members of the Senate, which revels in its reputation for cooling tea in the saucer, putting the kettle back on the stove? Once determined to restore faith in the process--or at least not be mentioned in the same breath as Bob Barr--they're now all concerned about the "feelings" of the House managers. The Senators have been letting the managers win one battle at a time, humoring them like children who promise to turn out the light and go to sleep if they can have just one more glass of water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driven to Distraction | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...darkness. Typhus, cholera and rampaging Cossacks periodically cut down the defenseless population. Czarist laws keep Blaszka's youth from a modern formal education. But so do Orthodox parents who pray that their sons will devote themselves to Talmudic study and their daughters will aim no higher than the kitchen stove and the marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Dialect Of Garlic | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...These kids can be very bright, very charming--and impossible to live with. "They think of things that are fun and creative at the rate of about 10 per second," says Kern. "While you are trying to put out the fire they set toasting marshmallows on the stove, they are in the bathtub trying to see if goldfish will survive in hot water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age Of Ritalin | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...student had broken a bottle of tetrahydrofuran (THF), a highly flammable solvent, and a nearby electric stove ignited the THF fumes...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Can We Prevent Chemical Spills? | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

...black Spelman College. She took to "opening the window" with gusto. When teaching her kids the difference between hot and cold, for instance, she made learning fun by steaming up the sink with hot water, rather than waiting to scold a child for venturing too near a hot stove. "It's all in the presentation," she says with a twinkle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Make A Better Student: Their Eight Secrets of Success | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

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