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...Ever since conductive polymers were developed in the 1970s, researchers and entrepreneurs have wondered whether they could make commercially viable plastic electronics. Unlike microchips made of amorphous silicon and glass, polymer chips are light, hard to break and - perhaps best of all - as cheap as plastic. Although plastic transistors don't perform well enough to make the polymer PC a realistic goal for many years, they are quickly becoming suitable for applications where fragile silicon chips are impractical. Imagine electronics so cheap you could put them in disposable packaging, for example, or so light and flexible you could put them...
...fledgling, debt-ridden company into a successful competitor; in Dallas. Skirting federal regulations on interstate travel by operating within Texas, he famously slashed fares (flights between several key cities were $20); dressed flight attendants in hot pants; and, to beat a competitor trying to horn in on his cheap prices, kept the low fare--and threw in a free bottle of whiskey...
...that was glorious about “The Secret of the Ooze” and the vastly underrated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.” But… it doesn’t. For one thing, it’s CGI, which seems like a cheap ploy to cash in on what the kids love these days. For another thing, the villains (space monsters) look goofy, and not nearly as terrifying or appropriate for the TMNT as guys like Shredder or Krang. I dunno. Maybe it’s just not aimed at my demographic anymore...
It’s a familiar story—cash is tight, cheap beer at Uno’s beckons, and that untouched wad of Hamiltons on your roommate’s desk is starting to look mighty appealing. Perhaps you should consider the pursuit of honest fast cash through the re-sale of your old textbooks for a better return. Or should you? Rumor has it that selling books to the Harvard Book Store is more lucrative than toting them over to The Coop, but FM wouldn’t suggest going there unless you want to haggle with...
...rationale for the settlements was that they increased the country's security by providing an early-warning system of any Arab military movement. For more than two decades, Israel has persuaded itself that the occupation is not so terrible. It has, in fact, brought the nation many benefits: cheap labor, captive markets, surplus taxes from the inhabitants and, of course, land for settlement. But Israel is paying a high price for its policy. The Arab stones are not injuring Israel so much as its own self-delusions are. By occupying the territories, and continuing to occupy them...