Word: compacter
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INCANDESCENT BULB VS. COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTBULBS...
...COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTBULBS...
...They are the hundreds of mostly young, underpaid campaign staffers and volunteers who serve as the foot soldiers for the presidential candidates vying in the upcoming fiercely-contested Iowa caucuses. Across the state, they can be easily spotted - driving compact cars sporting out-of-state plates and political bumper stickers, clutching cups of the best overpriced coffee available, handing out campaign paraphernalia and knocking on doors...
...fellow Adams House resident showed up at the door, promising better lighting. Getting up at 10 a.m. in January allows for little more than six hours of sunlight a day. How could I resist? Off went my old light bulbs, in came the new—strange, corkscrew-shaped compact fluorescent lights. Under the guise of warmer lighting, I had taken my first, unknowing step towards ending global warming. Like that, an insidious green monster snuck into our unguarded two-room triple on Bow Street. My bedroom became a front in the environmental war.This fall, the green monster made itself...
...tempting to turn to plot summaries and compact editions of novels in order to be able to spit out impressive information at cocktail parties down the line. Of course people are free to buy abridged books for their own personal pleasure. But when they finish, they should make no pretense to having understood the author’s literary intentions...