Just put fans everywhere and you’ll be fine. According to research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, cockroaches avoid areas where there is “abundant air flow.”
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Great places to crawl. A recent press release tells us that “Cole Taylor Bank awarded a $100 savings bond to Sophia Lugo, Chicago, after she crawled across the finish line in first place at a recent ‘Baby Derby’ race”–where?–“held in the parking lot of Cub Foods, 2627 N. Elston Avenue.”
Do false teeth cause cancer? Well, they do seem to accumulate mutagenic substances, according to a study of 67 used dentures conducted at Loyola University’s School of Dentistry in Maywood. Older dentures, and those from smokers, were more likely to have attracted the mutation-causing chemicals.
Language police break the law. A Wilmette correspondent scolds the Chicago Tribune magazine (October 15) and apparently overidentifies with her subject: “As the most influential paper in a very important city, I can’t imagine why Norma Libman didn’t correct such glaring errors.”
