Word: faucet
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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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...