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...Thomas, utilities manager for the department, said that maintenance men were "zeroing in on overheated buildings" by manually operating master controls to cut down on steam in each building...
...shift has been overemphasized anyway. Those who really study the cases will realize that lately there is no solid bloc, no phalanx, no automatic lineup of certain people against others. It shifts on every type of case. We're all independent, we all got here under our own steam, and we're not subject to political or presidential pressure. And that's the way it works...
...stage in pomp and plumage. His costume includes a baby blue pantsuit with flowered muffler, a yellow negligee and gold toreador pants with a white sleeveless top. In order to maintain his concert pace, Stewart has to keep himself in top physical trim; he follows a preperformance regimen of steam bath, black coffee and port-and-brandy. At a recent show in Anaheim, Calif., he wiggled his way through Maggie May and Every Picture Tells a Story, and later, during an instrumental break, backstagers could see him gasping and wheezing behind a large loudspeaker. Stewart is an adult playing...
...test kitchen operates at full steam during the summer when employees taste the food and make comments on the quality. The small test batches include current recipes, new concoctions, and recipes from other schools. "A spinache souffle we tried really flopped," head dietician Kay S. Lacoss said, but a chicken salad sandwich with melted cheese passed the test and was served for the first time last week...
However, the worst offender of the night was neither Starker nor the HRO, but a Sanders Theater radiator which released a cacophonous blast of steam during the contemplative, yet simple adagio ma non troppo of the Dvorak. As the heating unit entered the final stage of its five-minute protest, Starker remarked, "Seldom have I been so rudely interrupted. Perhaps this indicates that Harvard needs a concert hall." That conclusion is indisputable, in light of the radiator interruption and the police sirens and car horns which consistently violated passages played at or below the mezzo-piano level...