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...forcing Zambia to accept genetically modified corn would cause its export economy to collapse: the E.U. would either refuse the corn altogether, or accept it, label it, and have consumers leave it on the shelf. And it’s not as if the U.S. was shipping Zambia the bargain-basement corn that nobody wanted—G.M. corn is more expensive for the U.S. to send than regular corn. If the farmers of Zambia grew it they would have to pay royalties every year to the companies that engineered the crop. At this point any self-respecting conspiracy theorist...
...hijackers were Saudi, how helpful it can be and would demonstrate to its own people its devotion to protecting a fellow Arab state from war. Arab leaders would avoid upheaval in a region where chaos has a way of spreading. The U.N.'s resolve would be rewarded at a bargain price. It's true that President Bush would sacrifice some of the strategic and moral logic of his war on terrorism if he let Saddam walk away unaccountable, especially if Saddam continued to make mischief from afar. But whatever the risks of compromise, the risks of war may be greater...
...anachronistic, anticompetitive business rules, the 62-year-old former piano salesman has built Bookoff from a single store into a 700-outlet phenomenon in only 12 years. While nationwide book sales have declined 14% over the past six years, Bookoff's formula of selling secondhand best sellers at bargain rates has been a recession-era boon. In the past fiscal year, Bookoff increased sales 20% to $179 million, making it Japan's ninth largest bookseller. "There was a demand for inexpensive used books out there," says Sakamoto. "We just fill that demand...
...First up was The Emerald, a pristine, gated community where a giant billboard invited us to "Live a Fortune 500 life." Sadly, we couldn't come up with the $9,000 per month Fortune 500 budget. Next was Le Ch?teau, a bargain at $13,000 for tennis courts, heated bathroom floors and?this being a ch?teau, after all?refrigerated wine cabinets. If that didn't suit us, we could live in Contemporary Spirit Villas, Drama House Historic Villa or the intriguingly named Celebrity in Shanghai...
...been blocking. Changes in these areas "are going to go ahead even more aggressively than they did in the past," says Lösche, because the CDU, which favors more sweeping measures than Schröder's party does, will be able to use its legislative veto to bargain for deeper reforms. That kind of progress will be scant comfort for Schröder. "The SPD has experienced one of the bitterest defeats that I have seen in my political life," the stunned Chancellor told a press conference. "I have to carry this responsibility." Schröder said...