Word: crudely
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...standup or his darker turns in recent comedies like “Death to Smoochy” may find this shift to potty humor lackluster. That being said, “R.V.” is obviously not meant to be a pointed comedy; it’s a crude PG-rated family flick. While it follows a hackneyed story line, pop-culture jokes give the film a degree of freshness. Williams, Hines, and co-stars Jeff Daniels (“The Squid and the Whale”) and Kristen Chenowith (“The Pink Panther?...
This led, predictably, to a kind of spiritual emptiness: restless, confused beings who sought crude material fulfillment. For Fitzgerald, the nouveau riche were vulgar and ostentatious, and the old aristocracy not much better. Though graceful, he found the latter bored (Jordan), shallow (Jordan, Daisy), or thick (Tom). All were confused; all were unhappy. The title then, is ironic, and the “great” refers less to reality than to Gatsby’s misguided ambitions, most of them unfulfilled...
...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...