Word: grout
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Although we have become accustomed to Harvard standard-issued bathrooms of white porcelain bowls, institutional black seats, and the need for shower shoes to protect us from those communally transferable infections which may be lurking in the grout of our showers, there exists to this day a haven of tranquility in which we can do our business in style. Located at 12 Quincy Street, snuggled in a valley of opulence between the Barker Center and the Faculty Club, there rests a small yellow building which was allegedly once the house of an eccentric Harvard professor with a penchant for abolition...
...crisis is based on hard science and how much stems from plain old hysteria--fanned by news reports and plaintiffs' lawyers--is a hotly contested issue. Mold, after all, is everywhere, from the tasty Roquefort cheese in your salad dressing to the nasty black stuff clinging to the grout in your bathroom. Doctors know that certain strains can trigger allergic reactions, asthma and other respiratory ailments. They have discovered that toxins produced by aspergillus molds can cause cancer. But proving that a mold in this house caused this person's nosebleeds or mental confusion is a notoriously difficult task...
...Poorly received "Thumbless Jim" mascot b) Ace Hardware's chocolate grout c) Price deflation in lumber d) Liability issues with Li'l Billy's Bath-tub Belt-sander...