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...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...
...carving knife costs about 18? per year, or 8 kw-h., a garbage disposer about 69?, or 30 kwh. per year. Because they are expressly engineered for specific functions, the new electric griddles, fry pans, toasters and coffeemakers are more efficient and economical than a standard gas or electric stove...
After climbing into the windows of Crag and sleeping huddled around the stove, the party, except for one who had received mild frostbite the day before, left at the crack of dawn in sub-zero temperatures to conquer Adams. Although the sky was clear on their side of the range, the clouds sweeping up the eastern slopes quickly locked in the mountain as they neared the final thousand feet of their climb. The ensuing blizzard completely obliterated any landmarks which they could have followed and any chance that they could reach the top. Now they only wanted to get safely...