Word: showering
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...like to think your shower water is cleanerthan you are," said Leverett resident Eric S. Witt...
Luckily, planet and comet have never been in the same place at the same time. The only visible effect of the crossed paths is the annual Perseid meteor shower, caused when lingering comet dust burns up in the earth's atmosphere. But humanity may not be so lucky for long: there is a chance that the next time Swift-Tuttle comes around, probably in the year 2126, it will fall to earth. The odds are small -- 10,000 to 1 against -- according to the International Astronomical Union's Brian Marsden. But the downside is so great that Marsden has urged...
...Kirkland House for my shower," Ghartey said...
Successful as they were on the cable bill, this Congress failed to address the nation's most pressing problems. The only exception was a wide-ranging energy bill that would require greater efficiency in everything from shower heads to heating plants. No health-care proposal reached the floor in either the House or the Senate for debate. A major crime bill, containing a waiting period for handgun purchases, was stalled by a small group of Republicans. And the only programs designed to address the nation's economic slump were votes taken to extend unemployment benefits to the 9.6 million Americans...
EVERY AUGUST, COMET SWIFT-TUTTLE LEAVES A spectacular calling card. The trail of dust it sheds on its journey around the sun intersects Earth's orbit and flares into the Perseid meteor shower. The comet itself last appeared in 1862, and based on the orbit calculated at that time, it should have showed up again between 1979 and 1983. It didn...