Scientific housekeeping, with its standards of spotlessness and shininess, was founded on no less a fudge than the forty-seven and a half tons of pig iron.

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It's a world away from carefully planned Asian cities like Singapore -- which makes it perfectly suited for visitors who don't need their lives hermetically sealed in air-conditioned shininess.

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In four out of the five districts with over 43 CFA core members, floor shininess has increased 63% and frequency of trash pickup has gone, on average, from 1 to 26 times in a day.

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Even the easier surfaces have looked scary The one at Mohali for Punjab's April 21 game against Pune, for instance, was bald to the point of reflective shininess at each end, but had a section of untamed jungle in the middle, raising the prospect of the ball coming off it at entirely different speeds depending on where it bounced.

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