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...answers has been hindered by doubt: is dreaming a mystery worth solving? Science has long had an uneasy relationship with our nocturnal imaginings. While some brilliant practitioners have worked-and do work-in the field, its links with mysticism and Freudian theory have repelled others like a bad odor. Everybody dreams and most people talk about theirs now and again. But once, as children, we learn to distinguish these delusions from reality, dreams usually become no more than a sideshow, sometimes disturbing, occasionally poignant, but mostly something to be forgotten, quickly and completely, if they were remembered in the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: While You Were Sleeping | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

Currier House residents who battled their way home to the Quad during last Friday night’s snow expecting warmth and shelter instead faced the foul odor of a sewage leak. On Friday afternoon, one of the House’s primary draining pumps shut down, causing a build-up of pressure that burst a sewage pipe in the House’s Lower Main hallway. Since the hall links all resident towers to the dining hall and to the House’s main entrance, the sewage puddle cut residents of Daniels Tower off from their rooms...

Author: By Michael A. Peters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Currier House Braves Sewage ‘Lake’ | 3/20/2007 | See Source »

...officer was dispatched to Winthrop House to a report of a class D odor in the area. The officer arrived and reported that there was no suspicious odor and all was in order at the time...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 3/20/2007 | See Source »

...such current contract in the U.S.; United Water already had the contract to run the city's wastewater system. The city had purchased the waterworks from a private owner that was struggling, says Tim Hewitt, president and CEO of Veolia Water Indianapolis. "When we started, there were taste and odor problems, and the previous owner had basically told people to get over it." Veolia couldn't do that since the agreement sets incentives for customer satisfaction--along with everything else from water quality to sourcing from local and minority-owned enterprises. Veolia's experts, bolstered by local university researchers, pinpointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Thirst for Growth | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

Going Coconuts Activewear purveyor GoLite offers recycled polyester shirts reinforced with odor-absorbing carbon from coconut shells. The shirts also provide sun protection and absorb moisture twice as fast as traditional polyester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apparel Takes Root | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

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