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...rubber bubbles, reinforced with wire and then sprayed with two coats of concrete (called shot crete), the houses can withstand winds of 125 m.p.h., are sealed against the hordes of insects found in warm climates. Inside, partitions reach up just to the curve of the ceiling; only the bathroom is enclosed, with Fiberglas. The four-room, two-bedroom houses are expected to sell for around $6,500 when the houses are built on a mass-production basis. Savings come mainly in elimination of nails, cutting and fitting. Before such houses could be sold in the North, central heating would have...
...Votre Sante. In Dijon, France, to provide American tourists with a substitute for ice water, the Terminus Hotel installed a new piping system, in each bathroom provided two additional faucets, one for white wine...
Rising on Saturday, Beau Brummel dumps the pile of dirty laundry off the foot of his bed, slips into his white bucks and clomps into the bathroom for his first bath since the Saturday before...
...consult their boss after the close of the business day. When they knocked on the door of his temporary quarters in the U.S. Embassy residence, a muffled voice directed them to come in. The bedroom they entered was empty, but the voice, which seemed to be coming from the bathroom, gave them further directions: "In here." Proceeding solemnly into the bathroom, the two diplomats found Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stretched out full-length in a warm tub, his arms folded upon his chest in an attitude suggestive of the funeral effigy of Henry III in Westminster Abbey. Brushing...
...Holloway, who has spent $45 million on expansion since World War II, is a good deal more than a plumber. Crane, with 13 plants scattered across the U.S., Canada and England, now makes or distributes everything from colored bathroom fixtures, which it was the first (1928) to pioneer, to diffusion valves for atomic-bomb plants, from air-conditioning units to radiant heaters. Since Holloway became president in 1946, sales have risen four times over the prewar level to 1951's record $322.9 million and a $16 million net after taxes. Last year sales dropped off slightly to $319 million...