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...other key component of the trap: the overturned food-and-water dish on which the thermos sits. The bugs climb the outer surface of the dish, which can be scuffed with sandpaper for better traction, and get stuck in its moat, made slippery-smooth with a dusting of talcum powder...
...town, featuring elegantly restored Victorian homes under blossoming bougainvilleas. The must-do excursion is the old Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe, tel: (27-44) 801 8288, a steam train that runs to and from Mossel Bay. Beyond George is the town of Wilderness - a thoroughly romantic place of lakes, rivers and talcum-white beaches...
...minutes to win 21-16. 1975: Harvard finally wins its first Ivy championship, thanks to Michael J. Lynch ’77 who kicked a 26 yard field goal in the final seconds to pull off a 10-7 win. 1982: MIT students exploded a black weather balloon, spraying talcum powder over the field (Harvard still won, 45-7). 1983: The 100th official anniversary of the Game sees a Crimson win, 16-7. 1997: Epic year for Harvard football in which two dozen records are broken, reflected in a 17-7 win over Yale. 2004: Yale pranksters give unsuspecting Harvard...
...super-delegates were created by the Democratic Party in the aftermath of the 1980 election for just this sort of eventuality. But the campaign for their support is a frustrating exercise for both candidates. Any commitments they manage to secure are etched in talcum powder; super-delegates don't have to make a choice until the convention, and they can change their mind an endless number of times between now and then...
...Fake drugs are a consumer rip-off. But are they dangerous, too? According to Santoso, 60% consist mainly of benign ingredients such as rice powder or talcum powder. They won't harm people, but they won't cure them either-and that can sometimes be just as deadly. In 1995, 2,500 Nigerians died during a meningitis outbreak after they were inoculated with fake vaccines believed to have come from India. In a similar event in China last month, hundreds of parents unknowingly fed their infants bogus baby formula made of starch and sugar. At least 13 of the children...