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...business that has expanded to a 10,000-sq.-ft. factory and sales at Whole Foods Markets across the country. Onysko is passionate about the impact of grooming habits on the environment (the average shower gel takes 200 to 300 years to biodegrade once it's rinsed down the drain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Who: The Eco-Guide | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...after al-Arian's acquittal late last year, "I think the disgraceful, overzealous way the U.S. pursued this case has hurt its credibility [in the Arab world]. But Sami lied to me and his colleagues, and all the progress we made feels like it's all gone down the drain." Which is where the Feds and al-Arian have both apparently decided to let the matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the U.S. Lost a Terrorism Deal | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

HASA’s scholarship fund specifically targets graduate students because they are more likely than undergraduates to return to Africa after their studies in America, according to Tavrow, who said she did not want to exacerbate the African “brain drain...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alumni Fund To Aid African Grad Students | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

...biggest concern for Americans regarding illegal immigration is the drain on taxpayers' dollars to provide services such as health care and education to them (61% "very concerned"). Concern is higher among Republicans (67%) and Southerners (65%). Other major concerns about illegal immigrants are that they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poll Analysis: Large Majority Favors 'Guest Workers' | 3/31/2006 | See Source »

...news seems to be getting worse. Just as troubling is the fact that profiling of young black men isn?t merely detrimental to the black community, but to the economy as a whole. As these disturbing statistics get worse, they act as more and more of a drain on precious government resources-from welfare and Medicaid to unemployment payments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: How We're All Victims of Racial Profiling | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

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