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Granted, it will take a politician with rare courage to reach out and inspire these non-voters. It will take more than a boring technocrat, or a mean-spirited candidate who appeals to our cheapest instincts. It will take a principled and committed liberal strong enough to express his love for the people, and bold enough to challenge them...
...writing often employs a strange mixture of slang and cliche, stream-of-consciousness and narration that strains to mimic on-the-street realism. Goldman was way over his head in trying to reproduce the voices of Black men. "Basketball is both pastime and narcotic in the ghetto, the cheapest high on the street," or "James Bonner wasn't no fictional bad-ass like Stackolee or Sudden Death. James Bonner was the real thing," are but some of the most glaring examples. The writing improves as the story develops, and fortunately, the power of each man's personal experiences prevents this...
Although a Yugo can be had for less than $4,000, making it the cheapest car in the U.S., its fortunes have been flagging. Americans bought only 43,000 of the glitch-prone subcompacts last year -- well below predictions made when the two-door hatchback was first imported from Yugoslavia in 1985. Now a consortium organized by the Mabon, Nugent investment firm in New York City has paid $40 million to gain control of Yugo America and has promised to spend $40 million more for a campaign to tout new models...
What is the cheapest way to get 6,000 concrete blocks and 4,600 bags of cement to a remote Eskimo village? Answer: mail them. Sam Krogstad, a construction supplier in Anchorage, is sending the individually addressed blocks (postage: $4.33 each) and bags ($4.27) about 700 miles north to Wainwright, where they will be used to build a small harbor on the Arctic Ocean. Krogstad's bill for stamps will be about $45,000, less than what other shippers would charge...
...Realtor Jeff Hyland says that since the land value of the plot alone could be as high as $3 million, "the house in a sense came for free." A furnished brand-new home two doors down from the Reagans' new abode recently sold for $14.75 million. "Reagan got the cheapest house in the area," says Hyland...