For most of this century, many a British municipal budget has been beefed up by pennies from women's pursesthe price of using a public lavatory. To make sure that two women cannot slip in for the price of one, town councils have installed elaborate and narrow turnstiles at lavatory entrancesno mean obstacle to pregnant or crippled women and to those carrying heavy shopping bags or accompanied by small, frightened children. Everyone has heard stories of some frail old lady who received her death blow from one of the turnstiles' metal bars. Adding...
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