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...individual's land holdings to just under 25,000 acres - a profound challenge to the ownership pattern in a country where 10% of the population controls more than 90% of arable land. "This is an extremely problematic proposal," says Osinaga. "You impose those kinds of limits and watch how fast the economy crumbles and poverty grows...
...written before such small jets were conceived, they are not required to carry the same collision-avoidance systems as larger jets. Alex Hendriks, Eurocontrol's deputy director of air-traffic management, compares the introduction of microjets to European airspace under these circumstances to dumping hundreds of mopeds into the fast lane of a motorway without sophisticated safety equipment. Microjet operators say they will hire experienced pilots, and insist that the planes' collision-avoidance software is sufficient...
...wrong verb; teens do not need professional help to become sexual. The sexualization that some parents really fear is off-camera. They see their daughters being pushed down a slope that starts with sexy princesses and ends in rehab. Pop culture, they say, is making kids grow up too fast...
These "magical misery tours" are real estate agents' attempts to move their ever increasing inventory fast, as the mortgage crisis forces more and more homeowners into foreclosure. The idea originated in nearby Stockton last year and has migrated to other cities in California, Michigan, Florida and Massachusetts. Elk Grove alone has about 2,120 bank-owned houses for sale and 1,280 in pre-foreclosure, according to RealtyTrac, a real-estate-data website. The places we see vary from spotless to foul-smelling. One house, which appears to have been vacated in a hurry, has enormous stuffed animals...
...there were some delays in getting products to market. Ideo gathered more than 80 employees from both firms, encouraging each side of the supply chain to weigh in. The changes that Ideo devised--new promotional displays, a scorecard that tracked exactly where the shipping pallets were and how fast trucks were being turned around--resulted in a 160% increase in revenue for Kraft and enabled it to cut time to market more than...