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...MILLION DOLLARS THAT TAXPAYers spend to promote Uncle Ben's rice in Poland, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The $2 billion government outlay that helps keep electric power a bargain in Aspen and Hilton Head. The $3 million that a cargo-ship owner can expect to pocket for making his vessel available to Uncle Sam in wartime--even though the Pentagon no longer wants it. Was it only a year ago that the full-throated budget warriors of the Republican revolution were unleashing a pitiless campaign to cut off the tens of billions of dollars expended each year on subsidies...
...only--if only--the masters of Harvard College in Massachusetts and University Halls could see what a fantastic bargain is staring them in the face...
...Muchways are far from alone. In the past few years, pharmaceutical bargain hunters have flooded across the U.S.-Mexico border. On a typical mild winter day last month, more than 7,000 Americans lined up at pharmacy counters in Los Algodones--up from 3,000 a day just two years ago. The number of drugstores, meanwhile, has tripled over the past five years, from 10 to 30. Lately, Mexican dentists and optometrists have added their own discount services as well. "It's busier than ever," says Maria Dolores, head of a local tourist agency. "People find out that the dentists...
...Tuesday press conference that they have "effectively controlled" piracy of films, compact disks and software. Citing last year's bilateral agreement on intellectual property, American trade representative Mickey Kantor cautioned that the sanctions could be enforced if China does not live up to its side of the bargain, and President Clinton chooses not to grant a waver. The warning has the Chinese grandly flourishing their efforts to convince the U.S. that they are complying before the deal is reviewed on February 26, a peculiar juxtaposition with China's aggressive foreign policy. Time's Lew Simons reports: "Even...
...clear is what Apple hopes to gain from the negotiations. But that's nothing new, because Apple's aims have not been clear for years. That is precisely the problem that has landed the company in a fix where it is apparently negotiating to sell itself for a bargain-basement price...