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...Vanessa Taub, a Hong Kong-based art dealer and proponent of Chinese glass sculpture. She points to a piece by Zhuang - a sensual, almost abstract female nude emerging from the luminous, semitranslucent matter. "You can't confuse that with a glass or a bottle." There's no mistaking a bargain, either. Chinese glass art is still eminently affordable. A major piece by an up-and-coming glass artist goes for as little as $2,500. Zhuang sells his smaller pieces from about $10,000, while Guan's sculptures start from...
...restore the ability of Cuban Americans to be involved with Cuba - who better than they? On the other hand, Castro has defied all expectations before and though there will be a post-Fidel government, its not likely to be a democracy. So we need stuff in our pocket to [bargain] with...
...until she went to see a housing counselor that she realized her income was listed as $4,000 a month--more than twice what she was making from a part-time job and Social Security. "I've done all I can do to keep my end of the bargain," says Kemp, "but it just didn't work...
...billion to build up the Afghan National Security Forces over the next two years, with the international community contributing an additional $1.7 billion a year thereafter. (Considering that its fiscal 2005 GDP was $7.1 billion, Afghanistan can hardly be expected to foot the bill.) "It's a bargain," says Major General Robert Durbin, former commander of the Combined Security Transition Command in Afghanistan. "We are spending $15 billion a year now for the presence of U.S. forces. So for a fraction of the cost, you have the Afghans pick up the fight. So we have the option...
...alternative financial institution aimed at serving the estimated 40 million adults in the U.S. without bank accounts. For him, every dollar counts, and compared with the 24-hour Atlanta Check Cashers outlet down the road, which charges a 3% fee to cash a payroll check, Banuestra is a bargain, taking just 1%, or $3, out of his weekly pay. He doesn't even consider the Wachovia bank across the street on Jimmy Carter Boulevard. It closes too early, and more important, makes potential customers like Alvarez-Rosales jump through too many hoops to get service...