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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fresh, and 75% of that is locked away in glaciers and the polar ice caps. The scramble for what is left is growing ever more intense, as the water table falls and toxic chemicals make some supplies undrinkable. Saving the precious liquid can be simple: use a water-conserving shower head, which can reduce consumption by more than half. For older-model toilets, put a brick or two in the tank, since they use 7 gal. of water per flush. Better yet, install a new ultra-low-flush toilet that can cut water use as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth U.S. Agenda Consumers It's Not Easy Being Green | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...accounts, is his organization. With many Palestinians who once saw their future through the barrel of a gun now seeking a seat at the peace table, a senior P.L.O. official claims that the terrorist network is disintegrating. And it is doing so in a shower of blood. P.L.O. officials recount how three of Abu Nidal's top lieutenants were shot at his house near Tripoli late last year and their bodies buried under tons of concrete. In all, says the P.L.O., 25 associates have been murdered at the house, and other F.R.C. members suspected of disloyalty have been executed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finis for The Master Terrorist? | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...willing to admit right now that I don't know where I want to live next year, and I don't really care either. An upperclass house will be a blessing as long as I don't have to share a shower with 14 other women. I will be happy if I can merely get away from the mass mass-produced food at the Union...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: When Choice Isn't Anything | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

Finally, crisis. The shower water could not break through The Mound, and the shower area began to flood. Our soap boxes and shampoo containers floated in the muck; taking a shower was like wading through the Nile...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: National Debt and Hair Loss | 12/7/1989 | See Source »

Finally, one roommate and I got down on our hands and knees and did the dirty work. We removed The Mound. We removed additional hair that had sunk into the shower drain. We removed so much hair it was as if one of those furry little dogs had simply died in our shower...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: National Debt and Hair Loss | 12/7/1989 | See Source »

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