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...second to the U.S. among developed countries in terms of relative poverty-the proportion of people living on 50% less than the median income. The gap is readily apparent in spending patterns. The only two categories of automobiles to show sales growth in Japan last year were ultra-cheap minicars and luxury imports...
...first time, sophisticated refineries are now operating in Afghanistan, making heroin increasingly easy to find - and cheap. Dr. Tariq Suliman, director of Nejat Center, one of only three rehabilitation facilities in the capital, worries about the prevalence of high-grade "crystal" heroin now on the market. "Before, you could only get brown sugar" he says, referring to unrefined heroin that needs to be dissolved in lemon juice, rather than water, in order to be injected. "Now I see patients using crystal. It's not as hard on the body, but it is much more addictive...
...when, on screen, this loveable character is suddenly sporting a six-pack or made up to look gorgeous, it feels unnatural and cheap. In the fourth movie, for example, an entire scene is dedicated to a female character trying to spy on him in the bath, and all the action scenes glorify his physique. In transfer from page to screen, Harry has become the brooding teenage hunk, fitting into the cheap, star-studded framework of Hollywood aesthetics. In the novel, Harry is exceptional for being a bookish hero; in the movie, for being some sort of jailbait Adonis. Even worse...
...meeting these challenges is not the absence of sound policies and sensible plans. What's stopped us is the failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics - the ease with which we're distracted by the petty and trivial, our chronic avoidance of tough decisions, our preference for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to tackle big problems...
...program is “an intervention in the circulation and distribution of artists’ video.” It began as a way to broaden the audience for this particular medium and to make video art more accessible.Video art developed in the 1960s and 70s as a cheap and accessible medium for artists and audiences alike. Its nature allows for broad distribution, making video art a preferable way for artists to get their work out. In more recent years, however, it has become less available to the general public and much more expensive for people to acquire, with...