Word: cheap
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...facsimile of Thai Rak Thai (TRT), the party outlawed after the Thai military overthrew its leader, the multi-billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, in September 2006. The TRT's Bangkok headquarters is now occupied by the PPP, and the two parties' logos are almost identical. So are their policies, such as cheap health care and easy loans, and for this, PPP leader Samak makes no apology. "This party has inherited the policies Thaksin created," he tells his audience at Kut Chum. "Give us a chance to continue them...
...acquired in business that he would bring to the White House. Romney calls his decision-making process “bathing in the data.” He pours over information, debates with colleagues, and implements a policy only after hearing the case against it. He’s cheap too, promising to cap non-defense discretionary spending at inflation minus one percent. Indeed, Romney the businessman could restore fiscal responsibility to the GOP brand...
...provide as many as 100 liters of water per person a day—much more than the 2.5 liters needed. Groundwater wells contaminated with bacteria from raw sewage, pesticides, and iron could be also be purified using more advanced technology. But these measures won’t come cheap or easy. Environmental initiatives have never been popular with either the Indian government or its taxpaying citizens, and what millions have been spent seem to have accomplished relatively little. Even with the growing influx of cash from emigrants in the West, the cost and scale of the effort will...
...Traditional graffiti is in no danger of being outmoded anytime soon, however. While L.A.S.E.R. Tag technology is getting cheaper, it's not cheap. The complete setup costs $8,000 - that's $7,993 more than a can of spray paint from a typical U.S. hardware chain. Jay FC, one of the founders of the Hong Kong-based graffiti collective ST/ART, maintains that the cost is contrary to the spirit of street art. "It's supposed to just be something that anyone can pick up and do," he says...
...world, lost in their own preoccupations, benignly indifferent to the issues absorbing Juno, absorbing us. It is a smart reminder that the story any fiction relates is arbitrarily chosen and dependent for its effect on the ability of its tellers to enlist our interest - no special pleading, no emotional cheap shots permitted...