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Many of the letters mixed facetiousness with common sense. One woman asked for a moratorium on watering cemeteries: "When the needs of the living are in danger, let the souls of the dead rest in peace a little dryer." Other writers suggested bans on selling and filling water beds, using Jacuzzi baths and sprinkling golfing greens and tennis courts. One advocated cutting back on water-guzzling yard plants like camellias and azaleas; cacti and other desert flora could be planted instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: No Drought of Far-Out Ideas | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

...elderly women found a substitute to steady their steps on sidewalks: a scattering of kitty litter. In Aston Township, Pa., Ned Oppelt, 24, decided that it was too cold to risk a long walk home from a party, crawled into a Laundromat's king-sized clothes dryer-still cozy and warm from the day's tumbling -and slept the night through. Fortunately, no early arrival slammed the door or turned on the heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: The Big Freeze | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

Shopping centers that are open seven nights a week and evening sporting events that could be held Saturday or Sunday afternoons are better examples of light-energy abuse. No one suggests doing without a 1,000-watt hair dryer, or tells how to turn dishwasher switches through the drying cycle and open the door for air drying (the new models have an "energy saver" switch that does the same thing). Roy Stark Pensacola...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jimmy Carter's Talent Hunt | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

Women too are flocking to Helmholz's shop. With female customers, he twists the hair into separate ropes and then burns the ends. Afterward, he shampoos the hair as usual, but dries it, natch, with a blow dryer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Brush Fires | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

...Japanese think the neck is very sexy." Adds Stylist Eric Lintermans, owner of Linter-mans in Beverly Hills: "It lifts the face. The cut by the cheekbones can subtract years from a woman's face." Also, he notes, it can be styled in minutes with a blow dryer: "I think women are tired of having to fuss with their hair-of brushing and spraying and curling." To Fashion Designer Rudi Gernreich, the wedge is simply part of the new concept in dressing. Says he: "American women are beginning to be clean again, getting rid of the clutter." Some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Dorothy Do | 4/19/1976 | See Source »

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