"OASIS AND PALACE," gushed Vogue in 1930. "A place where blossom and brilliance have been coaxed from sterile desert as though by super-human witchery. Lavish green gardens, dazzling white walls, and acres of red tile …
March 24, 1994
News & Stories
Tijuana can thank the Spanish Civil War for one of the finest high schools In Mexico
Exploding TV — maybe the transformer
Salaam to thee, O Enlightened One! A while ago, a friend of mine, an interior decorator, was hired to redo a living room for a semiinvalid lady who was living alone. The drapes in the …
March 24, 1994
The human component of household dust
Dear Matthew Alice: My roommate claims that some 75 percent of household dust is made up of dander — tiny flakes of dead human skin. I say that household dust is at least 90 percent …
March 24, 1994
The percentages in weather forecasting
Dear Answer Person: If a weather forecaster says there is a 10 percent chance of rain today, 20 percent tonight, and 30 percent tomorrow, what happens if it rains early today? Does it stay 20 …
March 24, 1994