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...whatever they’re not wearing at the time, which they wash in plastic tubs in their bathroom. Nowhere in sight are a TV or phone, and hot water probably isn’t an issue, as they also lack a working bathtub. When it’s shower time, they pack their towels and deodorant into tote bags and head out to the public bathhouse for three yuan a visit. Alice’s reward for standing in front of a classroom about nine hours each week and sitting probably twice as long in an office is less...

Author: By Sarah J. Ramer, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CHINA: In The Workers’ Paradise | 8/17/2001 | See Source »

...court to a 15 x 15m cell at the detention center in Scheveningen, a suburb of the Hague set against the North Sea. A surveillance camera follows his movements at all times and a prison guard passes by his cell every 20 minutes. He has his own shower and toilet, a radio and satellite TV. He can work out in the center's gym, study in the library or pray in the religion room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milosevic: The End of The Line | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

...control of his bowels and soils himself. Over the following weeks, he becomes near-catatonic, unable to move, talk, eat or sleep. Aware of the ridiculousness of his situation, he nonetheless cannot do anything about it. He remembers "lying frozen, crying because I was too frightened to take a shower, and at the same time knowing that showers are not scary." He is "defeated by the difficulty of getting a piece of lamb chop onto my fork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Casting Out the Demons | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

Step inside room one at the Bates Motel. Janet Leigh's opened suitcase is on the right with white satin lingerie neatly laid on top. The bed on the left has already been turned down for the night. Today's newspaper is on the windowsill. The shower door is open and a pale silhouette is visible through the shower curtain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fine Art of Fear | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

...patient will be the first artificial-heart recipient in history to take a shower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week: The Artificial Heart Recipient | 7/5/2001 | See Source »

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