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...early '30s people in the mill city were determined to create "the most beautiful swimming pool in France." Architect Albert Baert produced a complex in which all classes mingled, including the factory hands whose homes lacked electricity and running water. They must have appreciated the individual bathtubs and shower cabins as well as the beauty salons, massage rooms and restaurant. Visitors entered through a Romanesque portico, changed in a cabin like a monk's cell and then plunged into a 50-m pool under a giant barrel vault terminated at either end by a yellow stained-glass sunburst...
...terms: Seal the borders, provide overflight and basing rights, sever diplomatic relations with the Taliban, and cut off the flow of oil and gas to Kabul. In return, the U.S. would lift sanctions, encourage loans by the International Monetary Fund and--together with its friends in Europe and Asia--shower Musharraf with more financial aid than he would know how to spend. The U.S. would also quietly provide Musharraf with intelligence information about his enemies in the Pakistani government and military. "We gave him an offer, and he decided he could not refuse it," Powell said later...
...changed since the cold war: time, distance and shielding. After a nuclear device or dirty bomb goes off, survivors should quickly move away from ground zero and return home or to a safe place indoors--trying to stay uphill or upwind on the way. Once there, they should shower, change clothes and put all items worn outdoors in a sealed plastic bag. Pets should be brought inside; cracks around doorways and windows should be closed off with wet towels and duct tape; air conditioners and vents should be covered with plastic, waxed paper or aluminum foil and sealed with tape...
...walk out of the shower [and see the sign] and you gotta do a double-take,” added Josh M. Mendelsohn...
...just felt like I had to go at this alone," says Jim, 43, an auditor for the State of Oklahoma. "I'd have trouble going to a mall, for instance, because there are just too many kids there, and Susan couldn't understand that." Today, however, the couple shower three cats and one dog with affection. Says Jim: "Finding something you can focus on as a couple, other than your infertility, can help make all the difference...