Word: steaming
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...decided to meander back home on an Amtrak train. Somewhere in northern Ohio, the train rolls to an unscheduled stop on a siding, and Fowler steps off into the summer heat to clear his head. When he turns, the 20th century Amtrak diesel has vanished, and a woodburning steam train -- what's this? -- is puffing to a stop. He boards, confused, and finds himself on a car with the rowdy, outgoing members of the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team. The year, he is dumbfounded to learn...
...furniture becomes their savior," says Harold Sack. But, he adds, "American furniture is not a speculative market. It is a long-term equity investment. People who plan to turn it over in ten years might well be disappointed." While prices could falter if the U.S. economy runs out of steam, most investors are bullish on Early American masterpieces. "When you get a few billionaires competing," says Harold Sack, "$12 million will seem like a bargain...
NATION: The N.R.A. is a powerhouse lobbying group, but it shows some signs of losing steam...
...example, those big car-carrying ships landing in San Pedro or Rotterdam are going to be as obsolete as the steam locomotive...
Denise Buckley, a financial aid counselor at the Law School said that she returned from her vacation to find a steam-filled, and musty smelling office. "We had to be out in the hall for threedays, while they worked on the heat and shampooedthe carpet," she added...