Word: towns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spend his whole life in the public service, and I suppose the impression I had as a kid was that he was doing something that, in the cliche of the day, "made a difference." When he took over, the town was on the verge of bankruptcy, and it was refinanced. And within a few years it had an A-1 credit rating...
...series of menu choices, the homeowner can tell the house to heat the bedrooms to a comfy 72 degrees F while leaving the rest of the rooms at an energy-saving 65 degrees. Or a family can order the air conditioning turned off while they are out of town and restarted three hours before they are due home. Once instructions have been recorded, the system automatically controls the flow of hot and cold air by means of motorized dampers installed in the ductwork behind the walls...
Reagan could never master the arcana of nuclear weaponry or arms control. Even the finer points of economics, one of his majors in college, eluded him. But he understood Middle American folklore and myth very well. After growing up in small-town simplicity and pursuing his first career in Hollywood, Reagan needed no tutoring in symbolism. By 1980 a frustrated, confused America had lost all patience with stagflation at home, impudent adversaries abroad and ambiguity from its leadership. The moment was perfect for a leader who dealt in stark simplicities. When he declared that "government is not the solution...
...stands up to closer scrutiny," Kirshner says, though he will not be in Chile for the continuing observation of his hypothesized double supernova, he says. Next semester he will be teaching the Core course, Science A-35, "Matter in the Universe," and says he needs to stay in town "for sectioning and stuff like that...
Last Saturday at St. Lawrence's Appleton Arena, the five bunnies were spotted behind. the Harvard bench. Harvard won, 5-1, and the bunnies and their four human friends made more noise than the town of Canton...