Word: affordability
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...island nation with few natural resources, Japan can't afford to be profligate. That means it has something to teach other nations. The country is one of the most energy-efficient industrial countries in the world, and some of Japan's leading companies, such as Toyota and Sharp, are known for technologies that foster greener lifestyles. A conservation mind-set is ingrained into Japanese people from birth, and is apparent in little ways throughout society. Ten years ago, when I first visited Kyoto, I was shocked that public restrooms had no soap, no dispenser full of paper towels - sometimes...
...culmination of the violence and depravity that had plagued Manhattan’s Lower East Side for years. Today’s New York, of course, is nothing like it was 30—or even 15—years ago. For one, Rakowitz simply couldn’t afford to live in his old neighborhood in 2008. Furthermore, the old culture and climate of downtown Manhattan doesn’t exist anymore. Artist Dash Snow’s 2005 installation, “This Was Your Life,” takes the events of Rakowitz’s life...
...comes another plum role, as a journalist who discovers a schizophrenic Juilliard violinist (Jamie Foxx) living on the streets of Los Angeles in Joe Wright's drama The Soloist. Downey's career feels a lot more than six years removed from 2002, when Woody Allen said he couldn't afford to cast the unstable actor in Melinda and Melinda because it cost too much to insure...
...spokeswoman Janet R. Emanuel, the new SEAS is one part of that initiative, which also aims to expand faculty by 10 percent and create a new building. While the engineering school will remain as a part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the transition to school status will afford Yale’s SEAS more opportunities to work with other departments and schools within the university. “Engineers are the people that interface between science and society,” Vanderlick said. —Staff writer Alexandra Perloff-Giles can be reached at aperloff@fas.harvard.edu...
...next election (which doesn't have to be held until 2010), openly wonder whether Brown's long time in Blair's shadow has truly prepared him for the top job. Seen through that prism, his U.S. trip and other such international fixtures are a test he cannot afford to flunk...