Word: by-product
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Many of those questions have been asked before. In 1936 Economist John Maynard Keynes warned that "when the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill- done." His comments were a reminder of the speculative frenzy of the Roaring Twenties, which led, soon enough, to the Great Crash of Oct. 28, 1929. Last week, as the 57th anniversary of that dire event rolled around, new voices raised similar cautions. Said Robert Reich, a lecturer in public policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government...
...materials are now waste poroducts. After the cost of the initial plant installation the upkeep will be small, as the materials used in the process are fully recoverable and can be used over and over again. Even the fuel for use in the plant is obtained from a waste by-product of the sawdust. The final result is a yield of fully 100 percent...
...consumed in drug taking, both legal and illicit," says Edwards, adding: "The fact that we have by tradition placed our athletes upon a pedestal does not elevate them above prevailing cultural tides." University of North Carolina Basketball Coach Dean Smith agrees: "What we're seeing in sports is a by-product of what's going on in society...
...enjoy palm-lined beaches and seaside restaurants, were hard put last week to find much serenity. The peace was shattered by some 50,000 rampaging residents, angry at the projected opening of a tantalum factory near downtown Phuket. Protesters feared that pollutants from the refining of tantalum, a tin by-product used in the production of electronic equipment, might poison both the island's water supply and its blossoming tourist trade...
...disturbing by-product of the Baby Boomers' quest for personal freedom, for what the "human potential" gurus call self-realization, has been lack of commitment to others. In the 1979 movie Kramer vs. Kramer, Meryl Streep, playing the mother who wants to see more in life than a diaper rash, writes her young son, "I have gone away because I must find something interesting to do for myself in the world. Everybody has to and so do I. Being your Mommy was one thing, but there are other things too." The fact that she comes back later...