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...biggest town issue, according to Gilmore, is water quality--a water and sewer system was first installed in the early 1980s. Previously, residents used septic tanks and ground wells. Often, the sewer pumps have failed entirely. "The sewage doesn't flush," Gilmore complains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvards of The World | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...would be morally renewing because he was asking them to make hard choices: courage over comfort, honor over wealth. Whether or not the polls bounce and the mood changes, Dole tried to frame the election as a choice: I am older, wiser, firmer and better, while my opponent--so flush with easy promises--is younger, weaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTION '96: A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR HELPS THE MEDICINE GO DOWN | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...ROYAL FLUSH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 22, 1996 | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...about time a magazine flushed out the news about the politically correct but poorly performing low-flow toilet [SCIENCE, July 1]. My experience is that the new toilets are an embarrassment to our technically advanced society. Why does one have to reflush to remove floating stuff that just didn't wash away the first time, only to flush again and get some new surprises? And a person cannot go away for a few days without making sure everything got flushed away, or he may risk returning to a house that has a new odor. Looks like environmentalists had better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 22, 1996 | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

Toilet manufacturers, who had pushed for uniform federal standards after water-poor states started setting their own, admit they were slow to find good low-flow designs. But their latest models use various tricks--wider pipes, extra air pressure--to make up in flush power what they lack in volume. That, say bowlmakers, should eliminate most complaints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOILET WARS | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

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