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Last month, San Francisco’s ban on the polyethylene plastic bag—cheap, convenient, and 100 percent recyclable—celebrated its first anniversary (although it has only been in effect since September). The ban banished the bags from 50 of San Francisco’s largest supermarkets and has reportedly reduced usage by five million bags so far. In its place: Government-mandated paper bags, compostable plastic, and reusable canvas sacks...
...coward,” she said, her nakedness magnificent against the room’s shadows. “Even now, with all that expensive port and cheap sentiment swimming inside you, you still can’t take me. Or have you forgotten how it’s done...
...role, so it carries much more psychological weight." Indeed, Asian nations have reacted to the mere prospect of shortage with something close to hysteria. The Philippines government has threatened to charge rice hoarders with economic sabotage - a crime punishable by life imprisonment. In Manila last week, armed soldiers distributed cheap bags of rice from the backs of military trucks to residents queuing in the midday sun. In Thailand, the world's largest rice exporter, some stores are limiting sales to three bags per family to prevent shoppers from emptying shelves...
...recent trip to Mexico, I took a day tour of Mayan villages. The nine young Swiss, Americans and New Zealanders on the tour engaged fully with the guide, looking, listening, and asking questions. The five young Britons hung back, loudly and boorishly swapping notes about where to get cheap booze and which drinking places had the best happy hours. Last year, at home in New Zealand, I gave a ride to a twentysomething English hitchhiker whose only "travel stories" of his time in Australia and New Zealand were a monotonous succession of boasts about how often and heavily...
...program will subsidize the cost of household ceramic water filters that are simple, cheap, and effective at ridding the water of most bacteria,” Norman says, adding that an important part of the project is connecting with the people they work with and forming lasting partnerships with the local communities...