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The article focuses on readers sharing travel hacks, including tips on packing, sleeping better in hotels, and maximizing space on planes, with examples such as finding unexpected supplies in airplane lavatories and using Scotch tape to create mementos.

Focuses on the paper towel holder from kitchenware company Simplehuman of the United States. Pricing; Company's use of ethnovideography; Features.

THE FACTS The key to clean hands is simple: Wash thoroughly with soap and water. But once the faucet is off, do you reach for the paper towel or the air dryer? Bacteria thrive on wet hands, so the method that removes the most moisture should theoretically be most effective. But some studies suggest that other factors play a role. A few have portrayed conventional air dryers -- and the newer jet-air machines where users stick their hands into a slot while air shoots out rapidly -- as bacterial breeding grounds that contaminate hands and disperse germs. But those studies tend to have a conflict of interest: financing from the paper industry. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents a letter to the editor about paper towels.

The article focuses on the efforts of New Yorkers to combat the spotted lanternfly invasion in the city, highlighting various methods people use to kill these invasive insects, and experts suggest that while these efforts may not significantly reduce the lanternfly population.

The article focuses on the historical and contemporary attempts by autocrats and dictators to control or eliminate wine production, showcasing examples from various countries such as France, Spain, Portugal, Ukraine, Armenia, and Iran, highlighting the cultural significance and resilience of wine.

A review is offered of a television advertisement for Viva paper towel from Kimberly-Clark Corp.

To market Bounty paper towels last year, Procter & Gamble spent about $63 million. To advertise Yoplait Light yogurt, General Mills spent about $62 million. But these corporate giants have nothing on Michael. R. Bloomberg. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WANT to simplify your beauty routine? Wish you could zoom through airport security without a Ziploc bag of little bottles? Perhaps it's time to revisit the wipe. No, not the moist, lemony towelette you use to degrease your fingers after gnawing on hot wings. That's the old wipe. The new wipe is bigger, softer and engineered to do the work of nearly any bottled beauty product. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

''A little bit of soap,'' the old song goes, ''will never wash away my tears.'' But what might a whole lot of soap do? Not to mention detergent, paper towels, sponges, disinfecting wipes and more than 25,000 other health, beauty and household products. The answer is of keen interest to Quidsi, the e-commerce company that operates Diapers.com. Quidsi is promoting its newest Web site, Soap.com, with a cheeky campaign that plays up convenience along with value. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Moms do the darnedest things. They tell their kids they are working late while they are actually out drinking with their girlfriends, they pretend to be pregnant to cut in line at the coffee shop, and when they run out of diapers, they use paper towels instead. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on artist Brice Marden whose work "Plain Image," is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Marden was in the habit of using lots of erasers while drawing sketches. He told that he can not work without Bounty paper towels which were introduced by Procter & Gamble Co. in 1966. He always carry a big bundle of Bounty paper towels with him in his suitcase.

When Emily Cooper headed off to first grade in Moody, Ala., last week, she was prepared with all the stuff on her elementary school's must-bring list: two double rolls of paper towels, three packages of Clorox wipes, three boxes of baby wipes, two boxes of garbage bags, liquid soap, Kleenex and Ziplocs. ''The first time I saw it, my mouth hit the floor,'' Emily's mother, Kristin Cooper, said of the list, which also included perennials like glue sticks, scissors and crayons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE only annual holiday tradition I can count on my family to observe is to disappear when it's time to retrieve the ornaments from the attic. Then, after I carry down the last box, my three daughters suddenly materialize -- a holiday miracle? -- in time for a heated discussion over which lights to hang on the tree. We have more inventory than the average family. This includes a wide selection of both blinking white bulbs and colored minis, of course. Where we start to specialize is with the red lights shaped like holly berries and the glowing candles that clip individually to branches. But what really sets our collection apart from others in private hands is the sheer number of fat oversize bulbs in primary colors. We call these ''the old-fashioneds'' because they are just like the ones that decorated every tree of my childhood, and in the off-season we wrap their cords around old paper towel rolls -- as did my mother with hers -- to prevent tangling. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]