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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...
Unfortunately, none of these systems are worry-free. The instructions for the popular Brita pour-through carafes, for example, tell customers to change the filter every two months or after every 35 gal., whichever comes first. But many people don't count the gallons they use, and if they forget to check the calendar, they can wind up with filtered water that is in worse condition than the stuff that comes from the tap. PUR, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has capitalized on this all-too-human habit by marketing a filter that automatically shuts itself off when it has expired...