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...apologized for its Holocaust role: abbr. 10. Kind of cow, horse, dog or man 12. The Justice Department will compensate his estate for his tapes and papers 15. Aquino's successor in the Philippines 19. Unknown, on a sked 21. Jesse Ventura, once 23. Prefix with log or gram 24. Novi __, Serbia 26. Web short-hand meaning "editorially speaking" 27. Place to get roasted 29. Georgia, once: abbr. 30. Get the lead out of your shoes 31. Its President wants France to write off some debts 33. Word on Spanish air mail 35. Tolkien tree creature 36. Thurmond has petitioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword Jul. 3, 2000 | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

MIGHTY MITES Ever wonder who's really in bed with you? Government researchers did. After collecting dust samples from beds in 800 homes, they declared U.S. bedding to be rife with dust mites--and their excrement. Droppings are estimated to exceed 2 mg per gram of dust, a level known to trigger allergies, in 44 million homes. In half of these, they're fivefold higher, a significant danger for asthma sufferers. What to do? Keep room humidity low (mites love moisture), wash linens in hot water and zip up duvets and pillows in impermeable, allergen-proof covers. Alas, these measures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: May 22, 2000 | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...what about the illegal use of cocaine? Tens of thousands of Americans are serving mandatory jail sentences for having been caught with cocaine or its variant, crack. If Bush did try cocaine, how does that square with his support of Texas legislation putting those caught with less than a gram of the drug in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Nothing Private? | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...Nobody (pre-meds aside) knows what an ounce or gram...

Author: By V.p. Demenil, | Title: Measure for Measure: Harvard Bowling | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

...gram is also a measurement of weight, but unlike the ounce, it is native to the metric system (used by virtually all non-English speaking countries). Here s a secret: one gram equals one-third of an ounce. Dining hall bowls come in essentially four different forms (there are actually seven subtle variants) as follows...

Author: By V.p. Demenil, | Title: Measure for Measure: Harvard Bowling | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

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