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Lice look like tiny crabs, and nits are tiny gray pearls cemented to the hair shaft near the root. The only sure way to get rid of lice and their eggs is pore over the hair, starting with a good nit comb. Wet the hair, divide it into many sections, and then methodically comb from the scalp outward. Make sure the child is sitting in a brightly lighted area, preferably in front of a good long video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nit Detector | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...Lice look like tiny crabs, and nits are tiny gray pearls cemented to the hair shaft near the root. The only sure way to get rid of lice and their eggs is pore over the hair, starting with a good nit comb. Wet the hair, divide it into many sections, and then methodically comb from the scalp outward. Make sure the child is sitting in a brightly lighted area, preferably in front of a good long video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ah, School's In Session: Time for The Nit Detector | 9/17/2000 | See Source »

...giddy audience. Music historian Robert Armstrong defines the band's sound as a "unique blend of jazz, pop and hokum," and a few seconds into Dinah, the listener surrenders to the melange. The plucky violinist takes a solo, then a guy going infectiously nuts on tissue paper and comb. Finally it's steel guitarist King Bennie Nawahi's turn. He attacks the melody while caressing his instrument; his solo, like the best improvs, seems both wild and thoughtful. The full band convenes for a last mad-dash chorus, racing to Bennie's steel pulse. Who can hear this music, this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hawaii's Man Of Steel | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

...along with their kids--trying to figure out how to get rid of the tiny bloodsuckers. Overuse of over-the-counter treatments has led to new pesticide-resistant strains of the bugs. Experts now say the best way to combat the nearly 10 million cases a year is hand combing. The LiceMeister comb enables parents to remove head lice and nits manually, and a new shampoo just invented at Yale promises to make nits glow under ultraviolet light, making them easier to spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jun. 26, 2000 | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...committee's last meeting, committee members postponed discussion of Smith's proposal until after spring break, when Smith says he would present a more detailed plan. They chose instead to comb through the constitution's text to pick out inconsistencies and errors...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Council's New Tune: You Say You'll Change the Constitution... | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

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