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Julie E. Peters '91 is a Biology concentrator living in Dunster House. She conserves water by flushing the toilet infrequently...

Author: By Julie E. Peters, | Title: The Selling of the Planet, 1990 | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...distinctive wood decoration, but endangered tropical hardwoods are banned. Store-window displays protest the slaughter of whales and the dumping of wastes in the North Sea, and leaflets urge customers to help save the ozone layer. Roddick insists that her stores use recycled paper for everything from stationery to toilet tissue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Earth Day Enterprising Ecologists | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...movies? In the '30s and '40s a few screenwriters, pre-eminently Preston Sturges, seized the means of production and became their own directors. The rest mostly complained about their six-figure serfdom, partly because they were so good at it. "It is as difficult to make a toilet seat as a castle window," Hecht wrote in 1962, "even if the view is different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: They Made the Pictures Talk | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...1960s he was pictured on a top-selling poster sitting on a toilet. In the '70s he penned the foul-mouthed rock classic Don't Eat the Yellow Snow. Small wonder, then, that the iconoclastic musician Frank Zappa has had a hard time getting mainstream airplay. But the times they are a-changin', and Financial News Network is betting the cult hero is ready for prime time. This week Zappa debuts as guest host on FNN: Focus, an interview show. As his opening topic, Zappa will explore opportunities for U.S. businesses in the Soviet Union. The 49-year-old renegade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONALITIES: Give It to Us Straight, Frank | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

When I applied to college, I was under the mistaken impression that a bigger resume was a better resume. "Five single spaced pages!" I would announce to my jealous peers, "although I did have to put down 'toilet trained' in the skills section...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Do the Resume Thing | 2/1/1990 | See Source »

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