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Variations: Try draping a wet, cold towel over your shoulders...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: BEATING THE HEAT | 7/9/1993 | See Source »

Advantages: The water is cold and will cool you off effectively and quickly. Your wet clothes will keep you cool as the water evaporates...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: BEATING THE HEAT | 7/9/1993 | See Source »

...Science Center fountain: At Harvard, instead of cracking open fire hydrants, intellectuals frolic in a fountain designed to demonstrate Brownian motion and the refraction of light. Still, water is wet, no matter how you dunk yourself...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: BEATING THE HEAT | 7/9/1993 | See Source »

...Wet towels: A thick, soaking wet cold towel, wrapped around your head turban-style, is just the thing to beat the heat...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: BEATING THE HEAT | 7/9/1993 | See Source »

Ribs--The quintessential Memphis dish. The ribs at Corky's, a well-known Memphis restaurant, are arguably the best in the world. (Memphis is the site of an annual world barbecue festival, remember.) The ribs the lawyers eat in the movie are "wet ribs," slathered with barbecue sauce. When a place refers to "Memphis-style ribs," they're talking about "dry ribs," which are cooked with spices and served sans sauce. Both are terrific...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: The Firm Fan's Guide to Understanding Memphis, Tenn. | 7/2/1993 | See Source »

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