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...aqua-Quakers's sea strengths include Brad Gandee in the sprints, Glenn Crooks and John Brethwaite in the freestyle, as well as a strong diving corps...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Crimson Swimmers to Face Quakers | 2/23/1974 | See Source »

...process quaintly called Aqua Sans may be the answer. It was created by the Chrysler Corp. in response to a request by the U.S. Navy for an improved way to handle wastes aboard ships. "We didn't want anything to go overboard," says Ralph Loomis, project manager of Chrysler's waste treatment systems in Michoud, La. "We decided we had to have a closed-loop system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Waterless John | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

...Aqua Sans systems have been adapted to existing facilities in Mount Rushmore's visitor center, a New York tugboat and a naval barracks at Annapolis, Md. They work well. But right now Aqua Sans is too expensive to be widely used. Each flush costs .8? (v. .035? for a conventional toilet). Still, it fills a definite need in places with plenty of business but scant water supplies: for example, in desert gas stations or mountaintop rest rooms, and, of course, on ships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Waterless John | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

...Francis Pruszynski of Worcester won their tickets in a lottery sponsored by Zayre, the discount chain store. "I entered eight of these contests--Maxwell House, Taster's Choice, and some others. Coffee is big on these things," said Mr. Pruszynski. "However, the best deal was the one Aqua Velva gave. They put you on a private plane and flew you with six other people to California...

Author: By Stuart A. Sundlun, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Super Bowl: LA Looked Like a Giant Pep Rally | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

...never liked submitting to editors, Miller has inexplicably allowed himself to fit a persona that fulfills the fantasies of the executive side-burned, Dingo-booted, Corvetted, Aqua-Velva'd hordes of Hefner's readers. After a life of reveling in dirt and the smell of things--black bread, smellie cunts, cheap wine, and pissoirs--Miller has been suddenly put out for pasteurization...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: Henry Miller's Swansong | 3/11/1972 | See Source »

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