Word: stoves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...subsequently offered the post. Directed to cut costs without touching faculty salaries or positions, she preaches "the ethics of less." She has moved out of the oak-paneled president's office, with its marble fireplace, to more modest digs, where she plans to install a Franklin stove. Farenthold's chief academic interest is in educating women for the professions. As for her own new appointment, she notes that she is one of half a dozen women taking president's slots formerly occupied by men only. These days "it's a high risk job," she says, adding...
...robbers also attended to their other appetites: they apparently brought along a chef. Using a gas-powered portable stove, he whipped up a four-course meal that included soup, charcuterie, an entrée, dessert and wine. The robbers brought no dishes with them, knowing there would be plenty of fine silver plate available...
...thatch-roofed hut, shaded by tall palm trees, at the edge of a white beach. It is one large room with lift-up frond shutters that invite the gentle sea breeze. In addition to a large bed festooned with mosquito netting, the room contains a refrigerator and gas-fed stove. In the back, separated by a wall, is a flush toilet and shower. The place is comfortable but fairly primitive, very much a man's digs...
This year the book trade's hot-stove league has throbbed with several questions: Can Peter Benchley snatch defeat from the Jaws of victory? Will Nicholas Meyer's new Holmesian spoofery match The Seven-Per-Cent Solution? Answers are now available, and they seem...
...quarterfinals doubles action, the number three seeded team of Billie Jean King and Betty Stove recovered from a second set scare to fend off Regina Marsikova and Wendy Turnbull...