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...World staffers, in general, are young: 5,500 are between 17 and 22, and every one of them is wholesome. Their uniforms are designed with all the come-hither appeal of cassocks; one monorail pilot was grounded briefly on opening day because her black bikini panties showed through her lime-green jumpsuit. Boys must be shorthaired, and girls are required to keep makeup at a minimum. Good looks obviously counted when it came to hiring; largely because of that criterion, Disney rejected nine applicants for every one it hired. Once on the payroll, the kids were "Disneyized" at Disney World...
...existing ones to separate phosphates and keep them from fouling fresh waters. William Ruckelshaus, EPA's administrator, estimates that Washington's share in financing such facilities would total up to $500 million each year. That low estimate is probably realistic; the addition of an inexpensive chemical like lime or alum to even simple sewage-treatment systems will remove phosphates effectively. Furthermore, EPA officials say, the need for such plants is not universal; only 15% of the U.S.'s communities are near lakes in which the detergents in sewage are causing significant ecological harm...
...Harvard Square that was the absolute opposite of the banking establishment's marble mausoleums: a crowded trailer in the forecourt of a garage. Recently, the branch moved into the cinder-block garage, which was remodeled and painted a psychedelic red, white and blue on the outside and yellow, lime and white inside. The bank's interest in students goes deeper than a fresh coat of paint. Since 1968 it has been offering what is probably the most comprehensive student loan program in the U.S. For example, at Coolidge, a graduate student, after a rigorous credit check...
Other sorts of public notices tend toward the political or satiric. In Li'lAbner, Al Capp occasionally has a laugh with "Lime" magazine...
...changes that were taking place." So in Swann's Way, the first part of his seven-volume work, did Proust begin his remembrances. Soon the past was unfolding in his pages: "And once I had recognized the taste of the crumb of madeleine soaked in her decoction of lime-flowers which my aunt used to give me . . . immediately the old grey house upon the street, where her room was, rose up like the scenery of a theater...