Word: filterable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more characters filter into the lobby, it becomes increasingly obvious that the Baltimore has turned into a flop house. (The missing "e" in the title shows not only how the neon sign has fared, but also hints at the new raison d'etre of the establishment.) Two or more stock hookers-with-hearts-of-gold wander in, complaining about the hot water and "business." They fare little better than Raiser, particularly Ann Diamond as April, who seems to have been given the role solely for her alarming shock of blond hair. Her arms flailing with almost every line, she demonstrates...
...travel books. The smug, the self-satisfied, the overblown, even the merely happy are setting themselves up for ridicule and a long fall. Minimal expectations are a hedge against disappointment. In fact, Greene's past has been dashing and colorful beyond the daydreams of most; without the ironic filter of his personality, Ways of Escape might read like a schoolboy romance...
...favors less Government but is not bound to a rigid anti-Government ideology. "I have a lawyer's sense that your purpose is to serve your client," says Meese, a former prosecutor. "My service to Ronald Reagan is to see that he gets objective advice and to filter out my own personal viewpoint. But the idea that I don't have any particular philosophical viewpoints is baloney...
REPAIR JOBWhat a pro would charge Discount price of parts Do-it yourself savings Probable time required Replace thermostat $23.33 $2.37 $20.96 45 min. Replace spark plugs 32.40 7.39 25.01 45 min. Replace crankcase filter 6.80 1.79 5.01 5 min. Replace air filter 12.74 3.99 8.75 3 min. Tune up engine 77.54 11.37 66.17 2 hrs. Change oil & filter...
...lawsuit filed by the state, Hooker agreed to build a huge vault to contain its wastes. It has dug a hole 18 ft. deep and 300 yds. long. The bottom and sides of the excavation were formed of coarse beach sand, which would have allowed chemicals to filter down to the aquifer lying 80 ft. or less below the surface. Therefore, Hooker is lining the vault with 10-ft.-thick walls of compacted clay. The vault will rise five stories into the air. "A monument to stupidity," snorts Marion Dawson, a leader in the long fight to force Hooker...