Word: cheaping
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...though the price may not actually have changed. A less obvious tactic: signpost items that are price sensitive, such as soda. A good price on Coke can lead a consumer to believe all items at the market are bargain priced, even if it's just the pop that's cheap. --By Barbara Kiviat
Every kid dreams of being a rock star--or at least a winner on American Idol--but few parents want to endure the cacophony from their very own Sheryl Crow in training. The new HandBand ($90) from KGI Consumer Products offers a cheap alternative. Using nothing more than a high-tech pair of gloves and a portable, wireless receiver, it lets kids play virtual guitar, keyboards or drums at less than earsplitting volume. Each bend of the finger produces a different note; you switch instruments with the push of a button. It's a great idea, but the execution needs...
...Islamic world." If this is a key objective, why doesn't the U.S. start with the Palestinians? Not only have they asked for international peacekeepers, but they also want a democratic nation of their own. In terms of dollars and lives, setting up a Palestinian state would be cheap compared with the undertaking in Iraq. Moreover, it would be looked on favorably by the rest of the world, including Arabs. It would also deprive al-Qaeda of one of its major rallying points. It is not too late to create a beacon of democratic light. But I do not believe...
...marketeers simply stroll through bookstores in Delhi, the center of India's book trade, and buy best-selling novels and expensive educational textbooks, which they then photocopy and print in bulk in nearby cities such as Meerut. Production costs for paperbacks can be as low as 11? per copy?cheap enough to enable pirates to profit while undercutting cover prices of genuine versions by up to 70%. Though some pavement booksellers stick to selling legitimate books, others like Kumar say the knockoff trade is hard to resist because it's lucrative, demand for cheap reading material is high and local...
...interest in the cool clique, it just shows her desire to be a part of it. As Wood follows Reed deeper and deeper into the hole they create for themselves, the movie becomes more and more over the top, but the strong acting keeps it from becoming a cheap, cautionary after-school special. But the key is Holly Hunter, playing Wood’s divorced mother. She embodies a mother who is both easy to hate and rebel against and then, finally, to come back to in an ending that lets the audience forgive all her maternal mistakes...