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...Break time. I soak my toes in the warm water to try and restore some warmth and semblance of feeling. The whole day I have chatted with the other extras. We discuss the terrorist attacks, our jobs and schools, movies and a wide range of other topics. There is even another Harvard student, a fellow Matherite. My only regret is that the extras were all normal and intelligent; there is no one to make light of in this diary...
...struggle with each of them in his creative, familial and romantic lives is the meat of the book. Yet the most poignant, underplayed aspect of the book is Solanka’s relationship with his three-year-old son. It is here that the novel exudes the warmth and heart that is lacking at times in his archly satirical view of New York and the world, and the conclusion is enough to bring a lump to the throat of even the most jaded reader...
...remember being struck by her serenity, her friendly warmth, and by her obvious delight in all the possibilities of her life at Harvard and at Mather,” said Fonseca in an e-mail message...
...Fueled by wood or coal in the past, but now powered by oil, gas or electricity, the 500-kg Aga remains permanently hot, ready to roast a turkey, boil a kettle or bake a cake, day or night. Its brightly colored enamel surface also emanates a constant gentle warmth which, like any hearth, tends to draw people to it. Some owners feel such affection for their Aga that they give it a name...
...attention to the science of cooking while convalescing at home after being blinded during an experiment with pressurized gases. Traditional kitchen ranges then were temperamental, depending on the manipulation of hot gases through flues. Dalén came up instead with a well-insulated, cast-iron stove that stored warmth efficiently and demanded only a small heat source. The radiant heat also proved successful in cooking food without drying it out, and he named the stove after his company, Svenska Aktiebolaget Gas Accumulator...