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...price of a barrel of crude oil hits the $75 mark, the gas pump may not be the only place you feel the pain. About 1 million bbl. a day--roughly 5% of U.S. consumption--go toward the manufacture of plastics, detergents and other nonfuel products. Researchers are working on cheaper, eco-friendlier alternatives to oil-derived ingredients, but with the prevalence of petroleum, that's a big challenge. Here's another: Test your knowledge by checking the boxes next to the products that typically use petroleum-based ingredients. Answers are at the bottom. HOUSE PAINT...
...biggest shadow over Vietnam's rising star, though, is its long-delayed entry into the World Trade Organization. Vietnamese-made garments, the country's second largest export earner (after crude oil), are still hamstrung in the important U.S. market by quotas that don't apply to most WTO members. If Vietnam can gain entry, as is expected, this year or next, garment exports are projected to double to $10 billion by 2010. Vietnam is already the world's largest pepper exporter, and the second largest exporter of rice, cashews and coffee. "Now that it's getting attention, Vietnam...
...Bush won?t go so far as to ask Hu to give up Iranian crude, officials say. That, after all, would probably be a pointless request. But he will press Hu to use China?s vast purchasing power as leverage for the good of the international community...
What's fueling the price rise? Growing global demand and investors spooked by political tensions in the Middle East have pushed crude-oil prices up. Gasoline production in the U.S. is down 9% compared with 2005, as hurricane-damaged refineries struggle to return to full production. Finally, changes in energy laws are prompting fuel suppliers to use corn-based ethanol as an additive to help gas burn more cleanly, instead of the additive MBTE, which has health risks. But ethanol supply problems have raised gas prices...
South Park meets Zadie Smith's White Teeth in this offensive, riotous cartoon about a multicultural high school in South London. The trio of main characters includes scheming, crude Keisha (imagine a black female Eric Cartman); Natella, the earnest South Asian class brain; and Latrina, the bigoted white working-class bombshell. Like many good satires, Bromwell is rooted in the idea that shallowness and venality transcend color and creed. The faculty ranges from an assortment of Anglo ignoramuses to Iqbal, the greedy, sleazy Middle Eastern headmaster. And when the immigrant students discuss their favorite foods and cultural activities...