Word: washed
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What is the perfect gift for a high-caliber woman? Perhaps a subscription to Women & Guns, a new publication put out by the nonprofit Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue, Wash. Says Sonny Jones, editor of the female-staffed monthly: "I don't want to encourage women to buy guns but to promote training and education for those who already have them...
...investors who put at least $1 million -- or half that in rural or depressed areas -- into an American business that employs 10 or more workers. So, Wu, 22, is injecting $1.1 million, which he got mostly from his family, into a new gas station and car wash in Chula Vista, Calif. David Liang, a San Diego real estate broker who led Wu to the investment, claims there are plenty of other prospective Americans ready to plunk down their money for a fast track to permanent residency, the major step toward citizenship. "This is only my first project," he says...
Some survivors transform themselves from victims to activists. Until Patti and Kelvin Barton of Everett, Wash., lobbied their state legislature three years ago to enact a new law, it was almost impossible for anyone to bring civil charges of childhood sexual abuse after the victim turned 21. Because many incest survivors, like Patti, do not even realize their childhood experiences until they are well into adulthood, they had few legal options against their abusers. The Washington law now allows people three years to bring suit after the discovery of either the abuse or the injury it caused. A dozen other...
...trick, then, is not to get sick. "Get plenty of rest," reads a brochure published by Kathleen M. Kniepmann of the Office of Health Education at UHS. Students are also advised to wash their hands frequently, air out their living quarters occasionally, and avoid sharing utensils...
Early next year, Engenerics, a research company in Snohomish, Wash., will begin to market a smaller sonic-stimulation device for the baby-in-waiting. Logan has more prenatal improvement products in the works -- as yet undisclosed -- as well as some postnatal items for the sonic-belt kids. He predicts that one day pregnant women will be wearing devices that offer an even more sophisticated curriculum. What next? Violin lessons for the unborn...