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...that “I and HUDS do not tolerate animal cruelty … We would never conduct business with any entity that would do such things.” Last week Mr. Mayer told me that HUDS is open to pursuing more humanely produced meats if students demand them, and suggested that soaring gas prices might make local pasture-fed meats more economical...
...states. “But maybe you should ask not who the Huns can kill for you, but who you can kill for the Huns.” “Funny New York Things” is an obvious satire of the tourist’s demand to get acquainted with New Yorkers’ personalities. Handey satirizes the notoriously uncaring ethos of that city. After falling out of a cab, the narrator says, “Even though you’re all scraped up and your bones are broken, a wino comes up to you and says...
...acted as a moderator addressing the different viewpoints expressed by the panelists on how to handle the short- and long-term effects of the crisis. Meghan L. O’Sullivan, a former deputy national security advisor, acted as secretary of state and dealt with some of the demands placed on the U.S. in exchange for an increase in production by oil-producing nations. “I just spoke with the Saudis and had an unpleasant conversation about how they want us to change our position and negotiate with Hamas,” Sullivan said. “Meanwhile...
...talked about how Chinese culture focused not only on being pale and thin, but also on the “double eyelid phenomenon.” The double eyelid, which varies in preponderance and degree in Asians, makes the eye appear larger; as a result, the demand for cosmetic surgery among Asians has increased in order to create the trait. Along with weight-related pressures generated by television, magazine, films, and other media outlets, Shauna L. Shames, a graduate student in government, described these stresses in body image to be part of a “constant cycle that makes...
...chips too, and can communicate their location via cellular networks. (The Helio Ocean phone, for example, has a "Buddy Beacon" feature that lets you map your friends' precise whereabouts on your handset.) Personal navigation units could easily incorporate the same features, but device makers say there's little demand. "Most consumers are just looking to get from Point A to Point B," notes Tom Murray, vice president of TomTom...