Word: towel
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...always, desperation breeds innovation. Everywhere, people exchanged tips on how to survive: some took showers with their clothes on and then went to bed--wet. A colleague recommended sleeping with a frozen towel over your face. Other people descended into the catacombs, where 6 million skeletons were pleasantly cool. Météo France, the national weather service, posted hopelessly quaint tips: wet your draperies, and maybe even spritz a little perfume on them to sweeten...
...show works, however, because the duo, two fashion journalists, are blunt but never mean. They represent opposite poles of the female form (Woodall is a twig, Constantine is Rubenesque), and they are as frank about their own bodies as about their victims'. There's a towel-snapping, locker-room sexuality about them--they spend a lot of time grabbing their guests' and each other's breasts and butts--and real heart behind their snippiness...
...felt awkward during puberty. But when she did, she didn't always want to be naked--even though her club requires nudity unless it's cold or you have a sunburn. "I found a loophole in the rule," she says proudly. "They won't stop us from wearing a towel. So I would just wrap that around myself." But should kids have to find loopholes to feel comfortable? "Yes, there's a coercion of sorts with the pool," admits Dean Hadley, 55, who owns the Cypress Cove resort. "But they have a choice of getting into the pool...
...physician-patient relationship is severely damaged. Working 10-to-12-hour days (plus nights and weekends on call) and constantly making life-and-death decisions are stressful enough without having to worry about lawsuits. It is easy to understand why many of my colleagues have thrown in the towel. The next time you get sick, you may have to call a lawyer because there might not be any doctors left. ROBERT J. YAES, M.D. Gaithersburg...
...agency's interrogators beat him with a metal pipe, screaming at him to confess that he'd been sent by Pyongyang to foment revolution. "When I passed out, they'd throw ice water on me," recalls Kim, now a frail grandfather. "Or they'd put a wet towel over my face and pour water on it so I couldn't breathe. When I passed out, they'd beat me again...