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...result has been a rash of new habits. Men have been surprised to learn that a shave normally consumes 2% gal. of water; they are no longer filling wash basins just to cut whiskers. Julie Graham, a San Rafael housewife with three children, uses a pail to catch the cool water her husband runs until he gets hot water for shaving. She carries it in a bucket to the kitchen to wash dishes. Then she collects the dishwater in another pail, as well as water from the clothes washer, and uses it to flush toilets. "I've spent...
State officials have asked restaurants not to serve water with meals unless a diner insists. They figure it takes two glasses of water to wash each glass and estimate the savings-if all the restaurants in the state comply-at 1 million gallons a day. At the Taverna Yiasou Restaurant in Marin County, Manager Beth Taylor has gone even further: she has switched to paper plates, thus conserving the water normally used for 25 loads of dishes at each lunchtime...
...blisters, then with a cat-o'-nine-tails. "When de whippin' wit de paddle was over, dey took de cat-o'-nine-tails and busted the blisters. By dis time de blood sometimes would be runnin' down deir heels. Den de next thing was a wash in salt water strong enough to hold up an egg." Then an ex-slave named Lindsey Faucette reported: "Marse never allowed us to be whipped . . . We worked in de day and had de nights to play games and have singin...
...Wash Sins. Devout Hindus bathe in the Ganges all year long to wash away their sins, but the spiritual effect of the ablutions is considered most potent during the festivals that are held at twelve-year intervals on one of four sites. The Kumbh Mela at Allahabad is the most blessed, for here the Ganges meets not only the Yamuna but the Saraswati, a legendary underground river. This spot is known as the Sangam (sacred confluence). Some holy men, moreover, deem the current configuration of the sun, moon and stars to be exactly the same as at the creation...
...from Washington in protecting their lands and livelihood. Said Ron Francis, director of the Denver-based American National Cattlemen's Association: "We are against Government support in general. We support the law of supply and demand, but we need price support and emergency livestock loans." In Douglas County, Wash., Rancher Gary Dalin swelled with pride because his 16-year-old daughter Heidi had just been named local Beef Princess. But in other respects he bemoaned the farmer's lot. Said he: "Just when the price begins to get a little better, we're seeing cows coming...