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...trouble, Vibrio cholerae. From its source in the Ganges. Jones follows its progress to Broad Street and beyond, to the megacities of today's developing world via some illuminating detours. He details, for example, how the human body's adaptability to alcohol, a pretty good option when clean water is hard to find, became a genetic advantage and helped drive urbanization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ignorance is a Killer | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...outbreak of cholera since 1866. It's a testament to Victorian England's ability to construct grand solutions to big problems. That's a skill the modern world could use, says Johnson, noting that some 2 billion people are still at risk because they do not have access to clean water. "Unlike hiv or global warming, this is a problem we fundamentally know how to solve," he says. Failure to do so is a scandal worth kicking up a stink about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ignorance is a Killer | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...fool us with your empty promises and ass-kissing charisma, because we’ve all been there, memorizing names and trying to get those chunks of poop treat out of our teeth. One thing we learned from that experience is the importance of keeping a clean ship, a concept clearly lost on this year’s current contenders. Take Tom D. Hadfield ’08, for example, whose campaign manager told The Crimson on Monday, “I am a slave driver.” A less amateur candidate would recognize the obvious liabilities of employing...

Author: By David A. Wallach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UC Elections: I Just Fell Asleep | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...fantastic new spa, that's why. The exclusive 267-hectare club overlooking the country's largest loch has introduced a winter membership, at a fraction of[an error occurred while processing this directive] the normal cost, coinciding with the recent launch of its Spa in the Walled Garden. The clean, modern lines of the glass, stone and wood sanctuary - boasting such sensory treats as a vitality plunge pool, a crystal steam room and massage therapists with seemingly magic hands - are bisected by an 18th century garden wall that belongs to Rossdhu House. Built by the Colquhoun clan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cold Comforts | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Khoja adds that it's certainly possible to operate a clean business and succeed in Afghanistan. Roshan is the largest carrier in the country. It has a million customers, a market share of about 60% and generated revenues of $100 million in its 2005 fiscal year. But to get there, Roshan had to make plenty of adjustments. Afghanistan has no functioning mail system or credit-card services, so billing methods prevalent in the West couldn't be used. Instead, customers get airtime by purchasing prepaid calling cards from roughly 4,000 vendors who are Roshan franchisees. In Kabul, the vendors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capitalism Comes to Afghanistan | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

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