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...mean it should be ours for the taking. Over-consumption in the United States and other wealthy countries comes not only at the financial cost to consumers, but also at the expense of our environment and many human lives that are lost or degraded needlessly every year. As the dust settles, it seems clear that reckless greed played a leading role in the creation of the current financial disaster. We should all consider our own motives and their far-reaching, indirect effects in light of that calamity...
...other factors at play that help us stay friendly. One is proximity - or, in our case, the lack thereof. My husband and I live in London, while his mother lives two hours north of the city, so there's no risk of her popping round to check the dust levels on the bookshelf or calling my husband every time her TV is on the fritz. That means we avoid one of the more common complaints that Apter heard from women: that their mothers-in-law demand too much attention from their sons. In What Do You Want from...
...which the mid-20th century was baptized. As the last great global tumult, the Second World War represented the convergence and the stratification of ideologies. But what hoisted itself above all of these intersecting faiths—above fascism, communism, capitalism, democracy—was the ambivalent shroud of dust and ash in which mankind could glimpse a vision of its own destruction. To watch footage of the atomic tests—the grainy, bird’s-eye view of a seemingly endless geyser of particulate matter—is to understand an iota of a vengeful, earthbound...
...kept Lieberman around ‘is as insurance against defeats on critical legislation. Unfortunately, the stalled progress of the liberal agenda in the last two years indicates a need not for a majority of 51, but of 60 senators, the amount of votes needed to invoke cloture. The dust has hardly settled as we await results from recounts and runoffs, but it’s clear that the Democrats will hold between 58 and 60 seats in next year’s Senate. Thus the need for Lieberman’s vote has become significantly less apparent. Traditional moderates...
...production steps and 300 quality-assurance checks. Each watch can take up to a week to be assembled. No detail is ignored: at the Le Sentier atelier, as at the Bulgari workshop in Neuchâtel, there is sticky paper on the floor, and windows stay shut to keep dust out of workrooms and out of watches. Here's a closer look at how a Diagono is constructed...