Word: cleanly
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...most citizens of the world's industrial democracies are already living in one. Does anyone doubt that if we could communicate with any person--even the wealthiest and most privileged--who lived much before 1900, and told them that we live in a time when even ordinary people have clean clothes and houses, nutritious food and potable water with which to bathe and cook, the freedom to quit any job we dislike, the ability to hear symphonic music and watch dramas without leaving home and the opportunity to ride vehicles that can transport us anywhere in the world...
...make three. A late 19th century engineer, Wilhelm Maybach, working for Daimler, puts together the newly invented perfume spray with the newly discovered gasoline and comes up with the carburetor. In 1823 Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh, working with a throwaway coal tar by-product, naphtha (used to clean out dyeing vats), stumbles across the fact that it will liquefy rubber. So he spreads the rubber between layers of cloth and invents the raincoat...
...DISPOSABLE, MULTIPURPOSE INFANT GARMENT: INCLUDES A DIAPER, A POCKET AND HANDY DISPOSABLE CLEAN-UP WIPES...
PRENASAL DRIP INVENTOR: MURRAY GROSSAN, M.D. Kids are always sticking stuff up their nose, so they might as well try something good for 'em, right? The Grossan Nasal Irrigator, a (yikes) pulsating nasal douche, attaches to a WaterPik to clean the area where a common cold becomes a raging flu. Yes, a few people have complained of discomfort, but nasal irrigation is a staple of traditional Indian medicine, and it does improve ciliary function and keep sinus tissue moist...
WASHING WATER INVENTOR: SURBEC-ART ENVIRONMENTAL Surfactant Enhanced Subsurface Remediation sounds a tad complicated. It's basically just cleaning dirty water. SESR is a process that begins when surfactants, nontoxic elements used in soap, are pumped into a groundwater supply contaminated with oil. They effectively wash the aquifer clean and are then recovered and reused...