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...squad of minor leaguers dealt the Crimson 7-5 and 9-8 defeats in seven-inning contests. In the first, the Sox showcased top pitching prospect Steve Schneck, who performed impressively. Former big-timer Jim Wright, a victim of shoulder trouble, went in the second, and seemed far from recovered from his ills...
...wood stoves in his home. He adds: "I have fitted the house with every form of insulation and heat-saving device short of an IBM 370 to run the furnace." Among them: storm windows, weather stripping, a new DOUG BRUCE fuel-efficient oil furnace and a clock-timer thermostat that shuts off the furnace at night. "The temperature drops by only 15° with the heat off," says Byron, "and then we use electric blankets-one of the greatest inventions of modern...
...Timer clocks. After the furnace, the biggest energy user in the home is the hot-water heater. Most hot-water tanks retain heat for at least eight to ten hours; with electrically operated heaters it is possible to save substantially on hot-water bills by rewarming the water during nighttime or the early morning hours when utility companies offer reduced rates for so-called off-peak usage. Several firms manufacture industrial-grade timer clocks for that purpose. The Tork Corp.'s clock retails for $30 to $40 and is easily wired up by a licensed electrician. Sales of such...
...paper Yale is the favorite, boasting a 5-1 record and a convincing victory over a tough Penn squad that ran all over both Princeton and Harvard. Led by junior Geoff Mearns and old-timer Peter Wehrwein (a senior who took a year off), the guys from New Haven have had a surprisingly successful season to date...
...show's end, when the entire audience is conveyed by bus to a snack with the star. But it is in Tony Clifton, with his crass, abusive desperation, that Kaufman may have found his strongest comic voice. A distant cousin to Lenny Bruce's abrasive small-timer bombing at the London Palladium, Tony is the dark side of every comic. He is also, to Andy Kaufman, very real. Tony Clifton has a separate agent, gets separate billing, demands-and receives-separate dressing-room facilities when he works with Andy. The producers of Taxi wrote Clifton into the show...