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Word: faucet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...company's Western U.S. sales director, "is that the American life-style is heading toward natural food and drink." For many people who have grown wary of pollution in their tap water, a bottle of Saratoga or Evian is, pure and simple, just safer than the kitchen faucet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: On the Waterfront | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...great sums of money flow from the industry spigot to persuade the public or legislators to adopt an industry solution to a problem, while in contrast, few dollars ever trickle from the consumers' faucet...

Author: By Alan Soudakoff, | Title: Corporate Money Stalks Capitol Hill | 5/15/1979 | See Source »

...rounds of children's wards in hospitals. In 1975 Gacy became a trustee of the Norwood Park Township Street Lighting District. Says Robert Martwick, a Democratic Party committeeman: "He was always available for any chore, washing windows, setting up chairs for meetings-even fixing someone's leaky faucet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: I Do Rotten, Horrible Things | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...Energy distributes free teaching aids for schools. Among them are an impressive array of questionnaires accompanied by answer sheets. An example: a sheet showing three pictures of homes asks, "What's Wrong Here?" The sketches depict, among other things, open windows in the middle of winter, a running water faucet and one passenger in a car. For small kids, there are wall posters with cartoons showing what should be done to save: drive small cars, observe the 55-m.p.h. limit, keep the home heat below 70° and take showers rather than soaking in a tub full of hot water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENERGY: Learning the Conservation ABCs | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

...characters complete the cast, and everything transpires in the shop itself, elaborately designed and filled with junk props. The Off-Broadway's technical crew must be a good one, with careful attention paid to minute details like the drab, industrial green paint on the walls and even a dripping faucet...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Wooden Buffalo | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

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