Robert Knittel, a former editorial director of William Collins, a London-based publishing company, died June 15 of complications following surgery at the Hospital of Charity in Locarno, Switzerland. He was 69 years old. Born in England, Mr. Knittel graduated from Oxford University. He retired from Collins in 1979.
Check out the calorie counts for these common spring cleaning activities. (All calorie counts are estimates based on a 150-pound person, and will vary with intensity, body composition and weight.) 1. Mopping: Take care of those dusty, dirty floors with an hour of mopping and you'll shed 153 calories. 2. Washing floors: If your floors require a little extra elbow grease, you can shed as many as 187 calories in just 30 minutes.
A man uses a mop. noun. The definition of a mop is a stick with fabric strips or rope at the end that is used to clean floors, or anything that resembles that cleaning tool. An example of a mop is a rope cleaning tool used to clean the kitchen floor. An example of a mop is a shaggy hairstyle.