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...laws of unintended consequences can be cruel for companies trying to do the right thing. The laws of economics suggest that Wal-Mart is so big, with 5,200 stores worldwide, that it influences everything from the price of lumber to the size of the container your laundry detergent comes in. And if this retailing giant throws its weight behind environmental responsibility, the impact could be profound: less air pollution at factories in China, mass-market sales of organic products, cereal boxes that aren't half filled with air. "One little change in product packaging could save 1,500 trees...
...When the Prime Minister was prosecuting the case for war in Iraq in early 2003, he pointed to Saddam's cynical and cruel manipulation of the Oil-for-Food scheme. How did the P.M. know? In the background, in classified intelligence and diplomatic cables, a picture was emerging of fees and commissions paid to intermediaries - and then on to Baghdad's monster. When the dust began to settle after the invasion, a June 2003 memo from U.S. military Capt. Blake Puckett reported that every contract in the Oil-for-Food scheme contained a kickback to the regime of between...
...Variable,” said Wofsy, “although as we move towards summer, it will obviously get warmer,” he added. Student reactions to Boston’s wacky weather are as disparate as the region’s temperatures. “It was cruel to have that 65-degree day and now be back to sub-freezing temperatures,” said Michael F. Esposito ’09. But Sergio Prado ‘09 remarked that the variability “keeps things interesting...
...slow way down from the pedestal to the stage to play the blind fiddler A. He was joined by Wilner as B, a crippled beggar. The two try to make a connection, wedding B’s sight with A’s mobility, but ultimately B becomes cruel to A, and both are left alone. This was the most humorous of the plays, despite the subject matter—as well as the most familiar to those who have read or seen “Waiting For Godot”—and both actors played...
...adequately monitor the interrogation of a high-value detainee, believed to be al-Qahtani. But Miller's superior, Southern Command Commander General Bantz Craddock, decided against the reprimand. Congress last December passed a provision, sponsored by Senator John McCain of Arizona, that bars U.S. personnel from engaging in "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" of detainees anywhere. The provision came too late for al-Qahtani; it's not clear how much protection it will afford prisoners like him who are subjected to such handling in the future...