Similarly, an inkjet printer's nozzles need to be kept open to put words and images on paper, but drying out can lead to clogs and less than desirable results.

ENGADGET: Alt-week 7.28.12: social mathematics, Pluto's moons and humans-on-a-chip

No. 12, "speculative areas beyond housing may suffer in 2007, " has commenced with the evaporation of the asset-backed commercial paper market last summer and the drying up of private equity financing.

FORBES: Sound Advice Worth Repeating

The not wholly solemn guide to dem Look: Modetrends von A bis Z in a popular local paper suggests Badedress (it could have added Beachmode), Citymimikry, industrial Chic, quick-drying, Sportswearstoffe and Wet-Look.

ECONOMIST: Johnson