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...perhaps destroying some of the final product. The war cannot be won; the best that can be achieved is for the allies to hold the fort while every attempt is made to give the country some semblance of order. Buying a few tons of opium is likely to come cheaper in terms of both money and human life than the campaign has so far proved. Philip Foster, NARBONNE, FRANCE...
...Coop, and allows students to compare prices against those of online vendors. Last fall, BrunoBooks merged with the similar Harvard-based service CrimsonReading. org, which was founded by Tom D. Hadfield ’08 and Jon T. Staff ’10 in 2006 to help students find cheaper textbooks...
...According to West, the new McDonald's drinks are almost $1 cheaper than those at Starbucks. "Is it Starbucks quality?" asks West. "I would never say that. But they're in the ballpark. And that's where they need to be." The analyst also conducts bimonthly consumer surveys, and found that over 60% of respondents said they will trade down to McDonald's coffee if the drinks are cheaper and made faster. Given the company's pricing history and the likelihood that the McCafé system will be quicker than Starbucks baristas, consumer sentiment is trending its way. Thompson says...
...grande iced coffee for under $2 this summer, and the company has said it will lower prices on basic drinks in some markets. Starbucks has also just launched print ads taking direct aim at the quality of other coffee brands like McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts. "Beware of a cheaper cup of coffee. It comes with a price," reads one ad. "If your coffee isn't perfect, we'll make it over," says another. "If it's still not perfect, make sure you're in a Starbucks...
...question of whether the government can decide which health-care treatments are appropriate is central to whether an affordable universal system can be devised. Part of the answer is implicit in the electronic medical-records system that Obama has proposed: it will be easier to determine which treatments are cheaper and more effective. The other part of the answer involves an essential change in Medicare, from fee-for-service to a managed-care system that decides whether a hip replacement is necessary for a terminal cancer patient. Since most of the baby boomers about to enter the Medicare system have...