Word: brita
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...Brita Butler-Wall, executive director of Seattle-based Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools, has been lobbying the school board for more than a year to get rid of the Coca-Cola contract. Yet, as a parent of an eighth-grader in a local public school, she says, "I don't want to see our district spending its money hiring more lawyers to fight a legal battle." Adam Drewnowski, director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington, says, "If you want to influence the school board, you run for a seat on the board. Threatening...
...admit that Saturday nights are made for bad craziness. It’s tough not to stumble into walls or accidentally break things when you’ve had a few. My own list would include my Brita water filter (surprisingly fragile, annoyingly expensive), a pair of boxer shorts (so, it turns out two legs don’t fit into one side) and perhaps a shopping cart from Shaw’s (maybe? It’s all so hazy...). I’ve even probably ruined some people’s evenings with a few naked Quad runs...
...superb paper or two on Hobbesian political science or know computer programming like a second language, there’s a lot of growing up to do around here. Myself included, of course. Otherwise, I just won’t be able to afford to keep drinking this delicious Brita-filtered water...
...Brita Roy, an Indian American, met her boyfriend George Jones, an African American, at Vanderbilt University, where the 21-year-olds are students. Although her parents in Michigan are immigrants from India and Jones attended all-black elementary and middle schools in Selma, Ala., the two say they have far more similarities than differences. They both attended small, upscale boarding schools; both are career minded. They share tastes for hip-hop music, Thai and Italian food, and shopping at Banana Republic. And they're well educated and affluent, like many interracial couples...