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Word: thermostat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...degrees]F) warmer over the next century, an ice age by midcentury would be unimaginably devastating. The lingering uncertainty about whether our relentless production of greenhouse gases will keep heating our planet or ultimately cool it suggests that we should make a better effort to leave the earth's thermostat alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Environment: ...And Then How Cold? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...general, I found that the arguments generally revolved around the thermostat. Rather than focusing on who's feeling uncomfortable, how about focusing on who's willing or unwilling to make the effort to get along...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

...know, people from southern climates are much friendlier than those from the frigid north. When it's warm outside, you can relax on the veranda with your friends, sipping sangria and gossiping about your neighbors. Lamont must be striving for a similar tropical atmosphere. Why else would the thermostat always be set on 80? Shed your layers, overprotected Harvard students. It may be freezing outside, but it's sultry within...

Author: By Joshua Derman, | Title: Put on Something Sexy and Hit the Stacks | 3/12/1999 | See Source »

...Americans have only read about. Around the world, U.S. rate cuts provided the world with cheaper dollars to borrow, keeping domestic currencies afloat all over Asia. As we head into the holidays, the blaze is out, at least for now. And Greenspan the fireman is back on thermostat duty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fed Takes a Holiday | 12/22/1998 | See Source »

...Sets the thermostat too warm for the other astronauts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Daily's Top 10 Reasons John Glenn Shouldn't Go Back Into Space | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

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