Word: showering
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...bemusement. "I'm not all that worried," says Marguerite Marz, an educational wilderness leader in Dallas, "but I felt I'd be stupid if I didn't follow the government guidelines. I got the last roll of 6-mm plastic at Lowe's." A mom in Maryland bought shower curtains instead of plastic sheeting, figuring she could use them once the world returns to normal. The country's largest duct-tape manufacturer was running its factories round the clock as sales tripled in a week. Fortunately, there's a website to teach you how to make a wallet...
...small and even heroic ways, officials across the country have thrown themselves into roles as the country's new defenders. Officials in rural Hardin County, Ohio, purchased a portable decontamination shower and are planning to simulate a terrorist-sponsored train derailment to test the danger posed to the area's local chemical facilities. In Iowa, state officials have held eight-hour seminars with farmers on the possibility of "agroterrorist" attacks on the food supply...
Because many heterosexuals and known homosexuals in the military already shower and share living quarters, changing the policy would not have an effect on the privacy of military personnel—and may, in fact, do more to protect the privacy of both, according to the study...
...caffeine. Lathering up in the morning with caffeinated soap can now provide you with 200 milligrams per wash—that’s twice the caffeine in a cup of coffee. Unlike a cup of joe, which is done when you take your last sip, each bar of Shower Shock soap contains 12 servings, and you can scrub for as long as you want! And, for the caffeine addict who doesn’t have time for a lengthy morning scrub or the French who simply don’t have the interest, Jolt Gum provides...
...Brown was flattered, but flustered. “It was really neat,” she explains. “But after I got accepted, I felt people looked at me differently. They were intimidated!” Such admiration continues to frustrate her at times: she says neighbors shower her with questions when she returns (“Is Harvard ungodly hard?”), and lifelong friends hold back when relating their own accomplishments. “It’s really irritating,” Brown says with a sadness in her voice...