Word: winter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...right to heat a house in winter, why the outrage at those who cool it in summer? Would you be as scornful of central heating-or any heating-if it had appeared only "a generation...
...That, in turn, has helped create shortages of small, fuel-efficient cars, and boosts imports of competing foreign models. There is even a squeeze on fans for people who want to save money by turning off air conditioners, and shortages of insulation for homeowners who are eager to cut winter fuel bills...
Hanoi's sense of isolation is particularly acute now because the peace talks with China have bogged down and fears are growing that the Chinese are preparing for a second invasion that might continue longer than last winter's month-long incursion. Said Thach, speaking of Peking's leaders: "We are dealing with foolish men. Anything could happen...
...Ohio last winter, Judge Neil W. Whitfield sentenced Robert W. Attwood, 20, who had stolen $10 worth of beer from a neighbor's garage, to four to 25 years in jail. On the same day, the same judge sentenced Mary Murray, a motor vehicles official, to five years probation for embezzling $8,000 in public funds...
...boom town. The mean Midwest weather that Judge Moran encounters has not changed since Lawyer Abraham Lincoln rode Illinois' Eight Circuit. Carl Sandburg described it: "Mean was the journey in the mud of spring thaws, in the blowing sleet or snow and icy winds of winter...