Word: tossed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reduce pollution would be to get stoves to burn at higher temperatures so they would emit less waste. Manufacturers have developed smaller, more efficient stoves. But poor burning practices abound. Homeowners sometimes toss green, moist wood into their fires, along with rubbish and newspapers. (The EPA recommends wood that has been air-dried at least a year.) Mark Loding, a chimney sweep who practices his Dickensian craft in the Charlevoix-Petoskey-Harbor Springs area of Michigan, is appalled by the fire making habits of his customers. Says he: "Chimneys are clogged with nasty stuff. People are putting in too much...
...Richard E. Pipes. (A scholarly hint to young Dan the Pipette: Just follow your father; you'll get tenure yet.) For Ed Meese, to whose mind hunger's only a cheat, Some clam chowder popcorn's a holiday treat. Besides, just in case the stuff proves deleterious, We'll toss in some ice cream--the new Gelateria's. And, though her green birthplace his favorite is not, Here's a Cabbage Patch Doll for our friend Jimmy Watt...
...Official Program ($5), and The Official Handkerchief ($2), and The 100th Game Ticket in Lucite ($30), and The Golf Shirt ($29.50), and The Tote Bag ($12.50), and the pre-game descent by the U.S. Navy's Shooting Stars parachute squad, and special jerseys, and the commemorative coin-toss featuring about 50 former captains...
...while Joe Restic, Greg Gizzi and company toss the forward pass down Providence way tomorrow, John Beilenson and company will attempt to convert a few tries into a league title...
...aluminum siding to farmers for their wood barns. "You don't convince farmers with charm or fast talk," says the son, the second of three Ueberroth children. "My father had a great interest in people." And in events too. "We would debate world issues at dinner. Or he would toss riddles out on the table. It was mental gymnastics." Not only at Ueberroth's own table now (he and his wife of 24 years, Ginny, have three daughters and a son), but in the offices of the L.A.O.O.C. as well, the mental gymnastics continue. Staffers call them "Peter tests." Name...