Aiken Recycling Move Aims to Cut City Costs
Aiken City Council voted to ship recyclables to North Augusta for processing, saving about 35000 annually by reducing routes and staff. The deal expands items recycled and shifts profits to North Augusta, while Langley landfill closure pushes future waste costs and higher rates. The piece also notes speedskater Dan Jansen's Olympic comeback story for contrast.
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Aiken
North Augusta
South Carolina
Aiken County
Langley
General Assembly
Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority
Design Contest Highlights New Wave in Housewares
At the International Housewares Show the National Housewares Manufacturers Association launched a national college design competition. From 20 schools 184 designs were entered, with 16 honorable mentions and a $3500 first prize for Erin Kathleen Grassie of Arizona State for an expandable mini microwave. Judges praised practicality and energy efficiency guiding future industry ties.
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Acne
National Housewares Manufacturers Association
NHMA
Frankfurt
Germany
Erin Kathleen Grassie
Arizona State
Marilyn Johnson
Ken Foran
Rubbermaid
Grassie
National
Harry and Louise Ads Dominate Health Care Debate
Washington column recounts how the Harry and Louise TV ads, funded by health insurers, challenge the Clinton health reform plan. It notes the ads portray government, bureaucracy, and mandates as risks, while Clinton aides defend the plan and push counterads featuring Republicans.
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Ashington
Bill
Hillary Clinton
Hillary
Harry
Louise
CNN
Harry & Louise
Bill Lous
Danielle Steele
Clinton
White House
Harry and
Beavis and Butt-head
Arkansas
Jeff Eller
Willie Horton
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
H & Louise
Clintons
Lanny
Allusions in Writing Lose Freshness and Clarity
The piece argues that well used allusions can sharpen prose, but overfamiliar or dull references wear out quickly. It cites Sisyphus, Brobdingnag and Lilliputians, Scylla and Charybdis, Achilles, Orwell, and Don Quixote as examples, urging precise clear usage and avoidance of stale, arcane references.
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Newsweek
Sisyphus
Zeus
Hell
Los Ange
Arnie Becker
Becker
L.A
Clinton
Japan
Johnny Apple
New York Times
Gulliver
Jonathan Swift
Apple
Chuck Stone
Middle East
Orwell
Don Quixote
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Charles O. Grice
Sue S. Brown
Ellen C. Priest
Andrew D. Morgan
Aiken, S.C
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Dan Jansen
Jim Ryan
Jansen
Peter Mueller
Designing
Tonya
Bill & Hillary
Congress
Clinton & Co
Richard Celeste
Ohio
Democratic National Committee
DNC
Bob Dole
Capitol Hill
Mandy Grunwald
Sandy Grady
Washington
Philadelphia Daily News
Knight-Ridder Service
California Youth Authority
Savannah
Effingham County
Ellen Goodman
Zoe Baird
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