Word: cafe
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...This was supposed to be the easy one. The government hasn't significantly bumped up its CAFE standards (currently 27.5 mpg for cars and 20.7 mpg for SUVs and minivans) since 1984, long before the gas-guzzling soccer-mom-mobiles completely took over our nation's highways and byways. It's generally seen as a not-too-onerous way of prodding the auto industry to help conserve gasoline without resorting to that economically preferable but politically suicidal alternative...
...Making out. Every park is filled with visibly amorous couples of all ages. I write this in an Internet cafe and the teenage clerks are necking loudly and enthusiastically...
...arrived at the palace for the royal family's regular Friday dinner, they were dressed casually in khaki slacks and polo shirts and had already had a few drinks. The two were notorious prowlers of the Kathmandu night-life circuit, regulars at the X-Zone nightclub and the Bakery Cafe, where they were at the center of a swirl of hip kids and young adults whose preferred mode of transportation is a Lexus SUV and whose favored intoxicant is locally processed hashish. By the time the night was over, the two would become central figures in the succession...
...labor intensive. Every hotel needs cleaning staff and someone to mind the beach umbrellas. And those jobs don't require much education. Moreover, tourism offers a cheap crash course in entrepreneurship. The farmer with a few spare rooms can rent them out without committing vast sums of capital. The cafe owner can alter his menu to attract new customers, which is why you can now get a Full English Breakfast anywhere in the world (though this may not be a good thing). The local mechanic can rent out a few scooters and, if that goes well, seek a franchise from...
...Channel 101 being "the worst thing in the world," with that meaningless, fully-corpratized hipster catchphrase, "That's cool." But the book lacks the central values of human decency which made it matter that Winston Smith of "1984" came to scrawl "2+2=5" into the dust of his cafe table...