Word: salt
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...cover headline for your story on why diarrhea kills millions of children every year was meant to be the remedy for the condition: "A Fistful of Sugar + A Pinch of Salt + A Jug of Water" [Oct. 16]. The formula, however, was missing a crucial word: clean. The lack of clean water is the problem and the real cause of diarrhea in most cases. Anyone who has spent time in a refugee camp knows that it takes a lot of effort to purify water - and that you need the right tools to do so. Nevertheless, congratulations on picking this deadly issue...
...Grandmother Look Fool You" The 65-year-old G.O.P. grandma is running for Salt Lake County (Utah) council. She slapped her face and slogan on billboards to label herself old before her opponent could...
...guys and all we do is pollute. That's totally inaccurate. Dow Chemical in the last two decades has been a leader in sustainability. I make the case that if Dow weren't around, clean water would be an impossibility. Our founder discovered a way to liberate chlorine from salt. Today a villager in Africa carries pots 12 hours a day to and from river streams to bring often contaminated water to her family. But she does not have access to chlorine. So how can we enable ways to give that village access to pure water...
...idea is to encourage good governance in a continent whose fantastic potential has been sapped by pervasive corruption. Ibrahim believes that "nothing, absolutely nothing, is more important to African development than good governance." By holding out this prize, he hopes the temptation for African presidents and prime ministers to salt away millions in Swiss banks will be slightly reduced. They might even feel competitive pressure to demonstrate clean hands. In retirement, they will also have the financial independence to keep speaking out and setting a good example - a likely attraction for African leaders who haven't been able to make...
...rule of thumb is to default to a handshake if there is any doubt. You might want to take this advice with a grain of salt, though—my ex-girlfriend broke up with me because I shook her hand every time...