Word: thermostatted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next day Carter met with his team for the first time around the big mahogany table in the Cabinet Room. Signifying his concern with conserving energy, the thermostat was at 65°. Quipped Press Secretary Jody Powell: "I'm told it was one of the most wideawake Cabinet meetings ever held...
...There are isolated cases in which, because of thermostat location and other factors, the temperature is not under control," Joyce said. "But overall, there has been effective temperature control this year...
...gazed upon the dusting of snow and ice on the pine trees-the first in his octogenarian Uncle Alton's memory. While Rosalynn scrambled eggs and cheese, Jimmy fried the breakfast ham. Shortly before noon, he shut off the water and electricity, turned down the thermostat, and left the house in the care of a maid and the Secret Service. At the train depot, the Carters waved goodbye to the 18-car Peanut Special...
...picture in the crystal ball, although not splendid, indicates that warm temperatures will persist for a while. Look for increasing cloudiness tomorrow, and possibly showers tomorrow night. And take those extra blankets off your bed--the thermostat should hold steady above 50 degrees...
...walk through the barren halls of Nathan M. Pusey Library, you'll see a little yellow square of paper stuck to the wall of each room. The writing on the yellow square in study-room #36, "Install lights. Touch-up metal trim. Install thermostat. General clean-up," is representative of the minor work involved in completing construction of the library...