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...would be “pretty gross” without them, she admits—she sprays on Mur-Kil (Dorm Crew’s disinfectant of choice), dips the sponge in the bowl, and gives the porcelain a scrub, finishing up with a last swipe, rinse, and flush. Although she has just achieved in five minutes what some of her accomplished fellow classmates will go four years without doing, she waxes philosophical about the experience...

Author: By Heloisa L. Nogueira, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Worker Readies for Spring Cleaning | 5/27/2005 | See Source »

...windows are double- and triple-glazed, helping to retain the heat produced by domestic activities such as cooking. As a result, fuel bills can be as little as 10% of those for traditional houses of similar size. Lighting is low energy, too, and water-saving washing machines and low-flush toilets are standard. Solar panels can also recharge the batteries of electric cars, though there are as yet few such vehicles on the road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power to the People | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

Moreover, many firms that received bank loans in flush times have turned out to be bad credit risks whose problems have been compounded by plunging property and stock values. In Kuwait an estimated one-third of some bank portfolios are made up of loans on which borrowers are no longer making interest payments. In Saudi Arabia, only two of ten banks last year reported an increase in earnings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gulf of Woes: Banks decline and fall | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...analysis to distinguish French fungi from Chinese without a taste test. Although French regulations call for a truffle's origins to be clearly marked, truffle experts say many vendors either ignore the rules or engage in outright mislabeling. France's fraud-control directorate carries out random DNA testing to flush out faux-truffle dealers. Anyone caught intending to deceive the consumer with a Chinese truffle may be fined $1,300. Still, there are few inspectors and many truffles. "If the consumer is properly informed that they are eating a Chinese truffle, there is no problem," says Michel Courvoisier, director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Truffle Scuffle | 4/17/2005 | See Source »

...years you are: Curing Asian flush...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Scoped | 4/14/2005 | See Source »

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