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Re:How the New York City steam system works by RickJWagner on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:27PM (#33399609)
"Steam Control" was a key phrase in the Tom Wolfe novel "Bonfire of the Vanities".

It was a reference to political influence peddling.

[1] https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/wolfe-2002-bonfi...

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