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...fatal, throwing off the delicate biological clock that allows the salmon to adapt miraculously from fresh to salt water once they get to the sea. The smolts that survive face a grisly threat: the majority end up ground to a pulp in the deadly turbines that create the cheapest electricity in the country...
...money rather than speculatively through the employment of imagination." As a result, Mayer has said, agencies are in danger of turning into little more than "vendors competing on price." Stanton of Simmons Research agrees: "Agencies are being used like travel agents, who work to get the client the cheapest flight and get paid less for their pains...
...away on an IBM electric typewriter. Up close, O'Rourke, like many funny writers, comes across as a fairly normal guy. He holds doors open for women, he likes kids, and he's proud of a tangy hors d'oeuvre he fashions from sliced cucumbers, black pepper and the cheapest vinegar you can buy. At the grocery store, he waits patiently in line to buy swordfish, but he refuses to purchase any lettuce you cannot toss from home plate to first base. His satiric quips often surface without warning, and nearly two decades of pun drill have honed this trademark...
...businesslike public service. I could cut out $5 billion in one day. But our charter is to provide universal, uniform service to the American people, which means everybody gets the same service at the same rate. Compared to almost any other country, we are certainly the cheapest postal service and probably the best and getting better. People don't seem to understand. Would companies compete for Manhattan? Yes. Would they compete for the Bronx? I don't think...
...Aura is the crown jewel of 20 hyper-tony Piaget timepieces that will tour 10 U.S. cities. The company has no doubt that shoppers long to see, touch and even buy the watches, although the cheapest model sells for $79,000. "It has been our experience that there has always been a market for the ultimate timepiece, regardless of the economic climate," says Gedalio Grinberg, chairman of the U.S. distributor of Piaget products. The pricey watches may even be a leading indicator of economic conditions. A decade ago, Piaget brought out a $3 million timepiece just in time...