Word: halogens
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...OZONE LAYER THINS, PEOPLE MAY SPEND more time indoors to avoid the skin cancers and cataracts likely to result from more ultraviolet light reaching the earth's surface. That strategy could backfire. Like the sun, the high- intensity quartz-halogen lights used increasingly in homes and offices emit ultraviolet as well as visible light, and there is now evidence that they, too, can cause skin cancer...
...family dog -- and maybe a few family members -- to nap between dual pedestal sinks. They have added functions too: many are preferred sites for exercise equipment, paired with a wall-mounted or swivel-based TV. Bathrooms are also showplaces, filled with big-ticket items like stained-glass shower enclosures, halogen lights, fireplaces, even "morning kitchens" with under- the-counter refrigerator and microwave for heating up muffins or evening snacks. Themed decors are popular, with billowing paisley-fabric-covered windows, flower gardens with plants, wicker furniture, and Lucite etched with cloud formations. In researching an upcoming book on baths, fashion designer...
...Gapification of America has been sneaking up on us for more than a decade, and now, with the omnipresence of wellmade, monchromal cotton sweaters, of grilled chicken sandwiches with honey mustard sauce, of blond wood and black halogen floor lamps, it has finally triumphed. It is a victory for democracy: these products are relatively cheap, handsome and well made. No one has ever looked ugly in a Gap shirt...
...that same apartment are the requisite halogen lamp, Ikea or Conran's furniture, and the keys to the new Volkswagen (farfigwhat?). Less slick than Scandinavian, more comfortable than Bauhaus, Gapified design does not produce spaces to come home to, but spaces to come visit...
...battle against loitering teenagers, 7-Eleven stores thought about putting pointed lids on trash cans and flooding their premises with halogen lights. Finally the shops hit on the ultimate weapon: playing saccharine tunes guaranteed to send adolescents screeching into the night. Says 7-Eleven spokeswoman Margaret Chavris: "They won't hang around and tap their feet to Mantovani." Most teens agree. "Can you believe this nonsense?" says Ray LaVerne, 18, at Southland's store in Tillicum, Wash...