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...specific references to unique cultural traditions that tend to exacerbate the problem. "Do not deface the Naira. Do not write on it," one reads. "Arrange your money neatly in straight pockets, wallets or pouches. Our Naira is who we are, and an icon of our neighborhood. Do not squeeze, stain, tear, spray or write on the Naira...
...Listeners to Lush's biweekly spots on ABC Radio provided most of the dilemmas in the book and throw new ones at her all the time. But the Sydney mother of two says she always has an answer. An artist and restorer, she had to become an expert at stain removal "because I make huge messes." And so far, she's never met a stain she couldn't beat. "I'm the CSI of cleaning...
...Cleaning spots is problem solving," says Lush. The difference between her and people who instantly reach for a commercial product or call a professional is that "they see a stain as a finished thing," she says. "They don't see how to break it down. But if you understand your stain and what it's made of, you can work out what will get rid of it." Take red wine. "Wine is an acid. Bicarb soda is an alkali. So when you spill red wine on the carpet, you mop up as much as you can, then sprinkle on bicarb...
...culture of accountability. Culpability for a calamity like Abu Ghraib must flow all the way up the chain of command. Beginning with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, the ranking officers and administrators who failed to properly oversee the prison should not be permitted to shirk from the stain Abu Ghraib has cast over the U.S. armed forces. For this reason, we called for the secretary’s resignation in May 2004—a demand that has not been assuaged or tempered by the passage of over a year...
...flashing lights, and several cops inside the ATM room,” Cone, who is also a Crimson editor, wrote in an e-mail. “When we were walking by they were mostly done, but they were picking up a horizontally striped sweater with a small blood stain on it and placing it into a brown Home Depot paper bag while someone else was taking pictures...