Word: cheaping
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Americans are then asked to buy lots of cheap Iraqi oil and drive suvs hundreds of miles a day. (this is the best part of the plan since it's precisely the kind of sacrifice Americans are willing to make...
Nonetheless, despite widespread voter apathy, if the Staff truly wants council elections run on platforms and issues, rather than as silly popularity contests, then more substantive efforts, must take place. An online-only voters’ guide, while cheap and easy, discriminates against those students who don’t browse the UC website or aren’t interested. Printed guides—perhaps one page with candidates and positions for each house—must be distributed to the electorate by dispassionate third parties. It must also be possible to vote online and in the dining halls...
...Wearing Thai fisherman's pants, midriff-exposing tops, dreadlocks and piercings, international budget travelers fit right into Pai's colorful ethnic potpourri. But Pai is now also making its way into the itineraries of mid-range tourists. They'll be hard-pressed to spend much. Restaurants are universally cheap and even so-called expensive accommodation is amazingly affordable. A top-of-the-line riverside bungalow?a large tree house on stilts set amid lush gardens?at the long-running and slightly mildewed Rim Pai Cottages goes for about $27 a night...
...central government has also agreed to take no revenues from the zone for 50 years. "Any minister in the central government cannot interfere in the affairs" of the special region, Yang promises. He also hopes businesses?from oil refineries to textile mills?will be attracted by low taxes, cheap labor, and the absence of trade duties. "North Korea," he says, "can't afford to lose the trust of the whole world...
Medical marijuana has many beneficial effects; it can relieve nausea caused by cancer chemotherapy, increase appetite in AIDS patients, relieve intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients and reduce muscle spasms in multiple sclerosis sufferers. As a prescription drug, marijuana is not only cheap and versatile but also amazingly safe. And it is virtually impossible to overdose on marijuana...