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Flush
Flush: - 1. To open a cold-water tap to clear out all the water which may have been sitting for a long time in the pipes. In new homes, to flush a system means to send large volumes of water gushing through the unused pipes to remove loose particles of solder and flux. 2. To force large amounts of water through a system to clean out piping or tubing, and storage or process tanks. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Flush:: |
Bangkok Post,After his weekly talk show yesterday, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej played a game of hide-and-seek with reporters, lying low in a public toilet at a
Fix-it job leads to the flush of victory - 04 Aug 2008
Post-Bulletin,When faced with a traumatic situation, most people choose to either fight or flee, but sometimes a person can't use of either option.
Iraq trumpets capture of Al Qaeda kingpins - 04 Aug 2008
ABC Online,Iraq's defence ministry says the weekend operation to flush out insurgents and weapons in the troubled province of Diyala has been a huge success,
Will US Hotels Make The Switch To Really Green Lodgings? - 04 Aug 2008
Environmental Leader,Another common device in European hotels, the dual-flush toilet, which uses different amounts of water for liquid and solid waste, is also rare in American
PokerStars adds instant replay to online world - 04 Aug 2008
MLive.com,What's more painful than having an opponent hit runner-runner for a flush when you're all in? Reliving it, of course. The NFL uses it.
A PLO Hand - 04 Aug 2008
CardPlayer.com,In PLO you want to put yourself in position to make the nuts, and with a five way pot it is not unlikely that your flush draw is not live.
Be careful when throwing out old medicine - 04 Aug 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,The Food and Drug Administration says consumers should not just throw drugs away in the trash or flush them down the toilet without taking special
Now Shipping, the LCD-MID-FT Universal Mid-Size Flat Panel Wall ... - 04 Aug 2008
HiddenWires,...is proud to announce it will debut its new LCD-MID-FT Universal Mid-Size Flat Panel Flush Wall Mount with tilt capabilities at the 2008 CEDIA Expo,
Where Now for CEE and Baltic Currencies? - 04 Aug 2008
istockAnalyst.com,...latched on to market sentiment and expectations that many emerging economies would seek to use nominal appreciation as a tool to flush out inflation.
The latest trends in bathroom remodeling - 04 Aug 2008
nwitimes.com,Not only are there toilets that use just 1 gallon of water per flush -- down from the average flush capacity of 1.6 gallons -- but also, some "dual-flush"
Drought Response Committee Meets Tomorrow in South Carolina - 04 Aug 2008
News Channel 7,...•When you buy a new toilet, purchase a low flow model (1.6 gallons or less per flush). •Check your toilet for “silent� leaks by placing a little food
Police: Fake city worker ransacked man's home - 04 Aug 2008
Arizona Republic,He told the man he added orange dye to the water and needed him to turn on his faucets and flush the toilet, looking for orange-colored water.
Wall Street reels, NYC braces for tough economy - 04 Aug 2008
International Herald Tribune,The tax cut was first proposed when the city was flush with cash because of the good year Wall Street had in 2006, and from an unexpected windfall from real
Tucson firehouses go green - 04 Aug 2008
Arizona Republic,So they installed dual-flush toilets - "up for liquids, down for solids." In addition to well-insulated walls and ceilings, the roof has expansive overhangs
Kelowna braces for rowdy bar flush nights - Aug 2, 2008
CTV.ca,In Kelowna, they call it the bar flush, a time when thousands of young partiers spill out onto the streets. The result is often chaos.
Loo-ve at first flush - Aug 2, 2008
Calgary Herald,The modern bathroom bears little resemblance -- in size, number, fixtures and comfort -- to the utilitarian little rooms that whole families shared not that
Out with the old, in with the dual-flush - Aug 2, 2008
Myrtle Beach Sun News,The Aquia II is a dual-flush toilet. One button delivers 0.9 gallons per flush and swishes away the yellow stuff, while the other ups the ante to 1.6
Checking In Will Americans Accept Greener Hotel Rooms? - Aug 2, 2008
New York Times,The device is a dual-flush toilet. Instead of one button to operate the toilet, there are two: one for a 0.8-gallon flush (for liquid waste) and one for 1.6
Flush with success - Aug 2, 2008
Waterbury Republican American,Acting on a tip, police found the robber holed up in a women's bathroom at a nearby motel, where he was trying to flush the money. Police didn't say,
Drive to flush out illegals gets mixed reaction in Sabah - Jul 31, 2008
Inquirer.net,KOTA KINABALU -- People in Sabah are anxiously waiting to see how the massive operation to flush out illegal immigrants will be done.
Heavy rains flush out walking catfish onto streets - Aug 1, 2008
Tampabay.com,..."is that when there is flooding, the water down in the storm drains becomes low in oxygen with the runoff and they (catfish) flush their way out.
Water officer's on a royal flush - Aug 1, 2008
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin,MOUNT Morgan's Gary Phillips is on an amalgamation winner; only thing is, he doesn't know how much he's set to cash in on. Gary is a council water and
Two Firms Feasting on Flush Farmers - Jul 29, 2008
Motley FoolBy Toby Shute July 29, 2008 Comments (0) The companies are different, but the macroeconomic picture is the same: Global grain inventories are low,
NMA to flush out quacks in R/S - Aug 1, 2008
The Tide,The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Rivers State Branch has promised to flush out the activities of quacks and all those who practice alternative
Rumour mill working to flush out Mladic: experts - Jul 24, 2008
ABC Online,The story could instead, though, be part of attempts to flush out Mladic, analysts say. Karadzic is awaiting extradition to The Hague, now beardless and
Navarre resident wins Ebro Royal Flush Jackpot - Jul 31, 2008
The News Herald,EBRO - Yong Bain of Navarre won the Royal Flush Jackpot on Saturday to claim $15445.13 at Ebro Greyhound Park. The Royal Flush Jackpot was for clubs.
Plea for NSW lakes water to flush 'dying' Murray mouth - Jul 27, 2008
The Age,Now the South Australian town of Goolwa wants some of it downstream to flush out the salt and acid turning the Murray mouth into a stinking bog.
‘Total flush-out’ to back up peace plan - Jul 30, 2008
Calcutta Telegraph,Guwahati, July 30: The army is backing up Dispur’s peace efforts by drawing up a blueprint with its Myanmarese counterparts to flush out Ulfa rebels from
Anglers will reap benefits of ideal flush for coastal rivers - Jul 31, 2008
Timaru Herald,Could this weather be the result of people at last week's Temuka meeting complaining that the Opihi River system has not had a decent flushing flow for
Deal with devil produces heat - Aug 2, 2008
Scranton Times-Tribune,Flush with grants funded by casino proceeds, police have conducted raids on some bars, VFW halls and two Loyal Order of the Moose lodges in the Philadelphia
Flush With Cash, More Asian Tourists Flock to Japan - Jul 25, 2008
New York Times,By MARTIN FACKLER SHIRETOKO NATIONAL PARK, Japan — Once prohibitively expensive, Japan is suddenly drawing soaring numbers of Asian tourists who splurge at
Toilet test flush with fun - Jul 30, 2008
Tulsa World,Hosting a "Super Flush" is a tradition for new arenas to make sure the plumbing is working smoothly before the real opening, project general superintendent
Stuff happens, I write about it - Aug 2, 2008
Americus Times-Recorder,I would guess the number would be very near that number who don’t know to flush public toilets. Should we really need signs that say “please flush!
RCMP tweak bar flush strategy - Jul 30, 2008
CKFR,The strategy to keep Kelowna's entertainment district safe and visitor-friendly appears to be working. RCMP met again with local taxi companies yesterday to
Indian airlines flush out costs - Jul 23, 2008
Asia Times Online,..."Though plane toilets don't use water for flushing, a single flush at about 30000 feet guzzles up enough fuel to power a car for about 10-12 kilometers.
Swedish 'no-flush' toilets help fight Mongolian drought - Jul 30, 2008
The Local,Swedish dry toilets have been deployed in inner Mongolia - a booming region of China suffering a chronic shortage of water resources.
Three from Four Poker Rankings - Aug 3, 2008
Casino City Times,For the Royal Flush there are four ways to choose the suit, only one way to chose the hand, and then we can fill the hand in with any of the 49 remaining
Senate Dems are flush with McCaskill's help - Jul 22, 2008
Kansas City Star,She wasn’t up there with the heavy hitters among her Senate colleagues, but Claire McCaskill threw in a few bucks to help out Democrats running for the
$89k potty stirs flush of shame - Jul 18, 2008
Seattle Times,I hovered, looked around like an escapee scaling a prison-yard fence, heard the flush, washed in a rush and got the hayride out of there.
Prince enjoys royal flush - Jul 20, 2008
The Age,SOUTH African Hashim Amla paid tribute to fellow batsman Ashwell Prince after the Proteas' vice-captain's second hundred in as many matches against England
Why I Don't Flush - Jul 15, 2008
AlterNet,That means if you flush half as much -- say every other time -- you can trim your water bill by nearly 15 percent a month! In the US, we use about 345
Terry: I'm still haunted by Moscow misery but Scolari can bring ... - Jul 22, 2008
Daily Mail,...'Having the England game straight afterwards helped flush it away a tiny bit, but hopefully we will be successful with the new manager this season and flush
City so flush with progress it's out of this world - Jul 20, 2008
Edmonton Sun,By PATRYCJA ROMANOWSKA Let us also presume that we all agree with the somewhat more contentious notion that society tends to express this movement through
29-07-2008: Flush out the rent-seekers - Jul 29, 2008
The Edge Daily,It boggles the mind that the Terengganu state executive councillors want to save public funds by using prestigious Mercedes Benz E200 Kompressor limousines
Flush out dubious immigrants - Jul 28, 2008
The Herald,However, the Immigration Department should flush out all those dubious characters who want to remain in the country and conduct business through deceitful
Dissecting ‘Indiana’ and drawing a royal flush - Jul 16, 2008
Kansas City Star,That’s all I have to say on the subject because I just hit a royal flush. Barry Koltnow covers the film industry as a columnist for the Orange County
While not flush, water agency's investments are solid, say finance ... - Jul 28, 2008
Amador Ledger-Dispatch,By Jerry Budrick At Thursday's brief meeting of the Amador Water Agency, Financial Services Manager Michael Lee told the board of directors that the agency
Nigeria: Gimba Urges NFA to Flush Out Quacks From Its Fold - Jul 28, 2008
AllAfrica.com,THE Minister for Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC) Abdulrahman Gimba has tasked the leadership of the Nigerian Football Association,
Flush so we don't blush, Taiwan city says - Jul 7, 2008
Reuters India,TAIPEI (Reuters) - A city in south Taiwan began training potty users this week to flush toilet paper instead of throwing it in the trash, to reduce 340
Trash or flush old drugs - Jul 27, 2008
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com,Dear Pat: What's the best way to safely get rid of unused and unneeded prescription drugs? A Blackman Township reader Dear Reader: The federal government's
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