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...small community groups to use the environmental review process to avoid compromising with the majority to block a project. Nor were environmental laws passed so that a rival corporation and a hastily-formed community group could attempt to stop some non-profit hospitals from creating their own clean, cheap power. But because of the changes in the review process the intent of these laws has been perverted. They can now be used not only to stop environmentally damaging projects but to halt or at least delay any project, no matter how beneficial that project...

Author: By George T. Fournier and James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Famous People and Their Theses | 6/3/2010 | See Source »

...located on Massachusetts Avenue between Bow and Arrow Streets, has become a Cambridge landmark over the course of its 38-year-history. In order to reduce its inventory before closing, it is offering 50 percent off nearly everything. Get your Halloween shopping done (really) early and on the cheap...

Author: By George T. Fournier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oona's to Close Temporarily | 5/24/2010 | See Source »

Even popular philosophy books—not textbooks—fall on the cheap side. A philosophy book with a retail price of $200 may sell for $50, and very few books will sell over that price, according to Petrovato...

Author: By Michelle B. Timmerman and Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Specialty Bookstores: Stories from the Square | 5/12/2010 | See Source »

...innovative new way of fighting this scourge—through individual acts of resistance. 5th Pillar is creating and distributing “zero-rupee notes” to citizens across India; when asked for a bribe, individuals hand over a zero-rupee note instead. This efficient and cheap initiative has already met considerable success in fighting bribery. Further anti-corruption efforts in the developing world should emulate the zero-rupee note’s strategy of addressing the social norms underlying corruption; such efforts will be more effective than initiatives that have aimed to combat corruption through structural adjustments...

Author: By Ravi N. Mulani | Title: ‘I Will Give You Nothing for That’ | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

...look at explanations as to why the British army performed better in Malaya than Iraq, one of the questions is to what extent did the British government support the army better in Malaya, and to what extent was the government in Iraq only for a short, cheap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense of the Realm: Britain's Armed Forces Crisis | 4/19/2010 | See Source »

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