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...WASHERS AND HEATERS: An automatic clothes washer uses only 103 kwh. of energy a year, but a dryer needs almost ten times as much. A standard hot water heater burns 4,219 kwh. annually, v. 4,811 kw-h., or $110.17 worth for a deluxe, quick-recovery model. Opening the tap at the base of most water heaters at least monthly drains out heat-robbing sediment...
...better job and she gave that one to me. I straightened up the lady's house, gave her breakfast, washed her, and got her ready for the rest of the day. Miz Buice, I worked for her for 5 years. Then I had other jobs. I was dish-washer at night. I was 14 then. I didn't have any boyfriends. I quit school at 11th grade; I was goin' to have a baby at the time. At first I planned on raisin' the baby, then my father took him over...
...proliferation has also revived the ancient art of haggling, long since fallen into disuse in the U.S. Picture the satisfaction of one Connecticut housewife, for example, who bid for a three-year-old G.E. refrigerator and got it for $50. At the same sale she picked up a Kenmore washer with a new motor for $40 and a 3-h.p. lawn mower for $30. Her only regret : "I missed a Chevy pickup truck that went...
...always pick up endometrial cancer. Dilatation and curettage, used to obtain cells from the uterine lining for analysis, requires hospitalization and is impractical unless the disease is already suspected. By then it may be too late; endometrial cancer kills about 3,500 American women a year. The Gravlee Jet Washer, a new device now being marketed by the Upjohn Company, gives physicians a less complicated way to get samples of endometrial cells. A disposable syringe attached to a soft plastic tube, it is used to introduce a saline solution into the uterus, then to draw the liquid out. Cells from...
...month for a one-bedroom flat to $600) is free bus transport to and from the city between 7 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., free electricity, water and air conditioning. All services, such as plumbing and carpentry, are free. Garage space is $15 a month, and a washer-dryer and dishwasher are each rentable for $10 monthly. There are nine groundskeepers to maintain the lawns, and 15 security guards to keep the peace. "We've always thought it was out of this world," says Irwin Gopnik, a McGill University English professor. Adds Daughter Alison: "This is not luxury living...