Word: stoves
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
...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...
...student had broken a bottle of tetrahydrofuran (THF), a highly flammable solvent, and a nearby electric stove ignited the THF fumes...
...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...
...student accidentally knocked over a container of the chemical, spilling it on the floor, according to John J. O'Donoghue, a deputy fire chief with the CFD. Other students in the lab attempted to clean it up, but the THF was spilled near a stove and started a small fire, O'Donoghue said...