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...forget' part of the toilet experience - is the long and costly process of sanitizing the water that was clean before you answered nature's call. In the developed world, the flush toilet is our only direct link to the enormous - and exorbitant - engineering feat that is the modern urban sanitation system: the sewers, filtration plants, water treatment facilities, and finally, treated water disposal channels that send the scrubbed water into our rivers and lakes...
...little lonely. Dogs and their steadies in the Yard evoke flashbacks, and I can’t help but yearn for the simple days of summer. My friends marvel at how obsessed I’ve become. Last week, I even bought Billy a new sweater at Urban Outfitters. I’ve turned into “that girl”—you know, the one that can’t stop talking about her significant other. And so, I’ve decided that we need to take our relationship to the next level; Billy...
...Missouri, Obama's path to victory hinges on his ability to boost his margins in the urban centers to 10% above levels in recent presidential election years, McCaskill said, while holding Republican margins to traditional levels outside the cities...
Considering Race in Missouri, 12:30 p.m. E.T. Along The Paseo, Kansas City's storied urban corridor, a 62-year-old man with a bent back made his way down the sidewalk with the help of a walnut cane. He was carrying a heavy metal folding chair, which had helped him through his two-hour wait to vote at St. James United Methodist Church, one of the city's largest "Freedom Ward" polling places. He wore a kufi of African mudcloth design and a watch chain dangled from his trouser pocket. He had a hike of a mile...
...cheers when they began handing out chocolate chip cookies. Determined to make the long lines more bearable for Missouri voters, the Obama team was also provisioned with coffee, magazines, camp chairs, children's books and trail mix. They said that a licensed massage therapist was planning to tour the urban precincts, giving free neck massages to voters grown weary and stiff while waiting...