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Word: exhausting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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Eric R. O'bryan, department administrator for the comparative literature department, said he smells smoke and other odors, like car exhaust, when he is in his office on the west side of the basement floor...

Author: By Keith J. Lo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smoking Banned Near Boylston | 10/5/2000 | See Source »

...winning by 1-0 and 2-0 scores. "I truly think he's beatable," says Steve Fraser, national coach of the U.S. Greco-Roman team and a light-heavyweight gold medalist in 1984. Fraser says Rulon Gardner, America's No. 1 super heavyweight, will try to outwork Karelin and exhaust him on his feet. (Ghaffari is an alternate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer Olympics: Alexander Karelin | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...from old plumbing joints, but we drink mostly bottled water. And we don't often burn candles; some wicks contain lead that can reach toxic levels. The biggest source of lead here is Rachel's stained-glass studio in the basement. But Brennan declared himself "wickedly impressed" by the exhaust fan, respirator, fume collector and gloves Rachel uses when she works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Mold Busters | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

...stoves and dryers to outside venting, says Brennan. "We see this all the time in problem buildings." In this case, the fumes we thought were leaving the house were being dumped into the crawl space. Worse, Shaughnessy points out, the nearby air-conditioning system could be sucking up the exhaust fumes and moisture from the dryer and recirculating them around the house. But we eat out a lot, and it's an easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Mold Busters | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

...outgoing president should have the grace to look tired. Almost every president ages noticeably, alarmingly, in the White House. The immense burden is supposed to exhaust the man - look at Lyndon when they carried him out. Maybe we half-think a president hasn't done his job if he is not at least staggering a little at the end of the shift. Poor Franklin Roosevelt burned out and died in April 1945, after so much labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Difference Between Sweet-Talking and Sugarcoating | 8/16/2000 | See Source »

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