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Water conservation was taken into particular consideration in the renovation. The first two dual flush toilets on campus were purchased for use by employees in the new kitchen, and use 32.38 percent less water than code regulations...

Author: By Jane V. Evans, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Renovated River Dining Halls Open | 9/14/2005 | See Source »

...band, which had gone through a variety of names, including the Hype, was better with chutzpah than with chords. "You see," says Mullen, "we couldn't play. We were very, very, very bad." In the first hot flush of punk, this did not greatly matter, and after seeing them in 1978, McGuinness, who had done mostly film-production work up until that moment, agreed to become their manager. "It looked to me like they would be a great rock band," he says now, adding, "I've only had to be right once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U2: Band on The Run | 9/8/2005 | See Source »

...contract also made them flush, and that of course has further quickened the collective conscience. Bono has been flabbergasted to read that he and his wife Alison, another Mount Temple grad, live in a seaside castle near Dublin. "It's a little round tower," he laughs. "Three levels, three rooms." Domesticity presents its own problems. Although he, like the rest of the band, cherishes a bit of personal distance and privacy, Bono acknowledges, "My life is just a mess. When I am away, I'm not at home. When I'm home, I'm not at home. I come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U2: Band on The Run | 9/8/2005 | See Source »

...WHAT IS GAP FILLER AND WHY IS IT A PROBLEM? The underside of the shuttle flexes during the stress and heating of reentry. To prevent the rigid tiles from grinding or chipping, heat resistant cloth is fitted between them. Ordinarily, the filler is flush with the ship, all but invisible to the eye. But on Discovery, two pieces are protruding near the nose-one 1.1 inch, the other .06 inch, and need to be snipped away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Questions About the Shuttle Repair Mission | 8/2/2005 | See Source »

...flirtation between this couple's virginal daughter (Lise Hilboldt) and an amiable young dentist (Victor Garber) who is a seasoned rake and frank fortune hunter. In less imaginative hands, the play would end with the younger man's reforming and the older couple's rediscovering the first fine flush of passion. Shaw indulges no such false hopes. He sketches the destructive powers of jealousy and possession. His central theme is the confusion brought to courtship by the liberation, and education, of women. The surprisingly contemporary subject allows Shaw to uncork a few deft jokes and also to deliver characteristic pronunciamentos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whimsies of the Sex Wars YOU NEVER CAN TELL | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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