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...petrochemicals are a major component of plastic, and Yuyao?often known as "Plastics City"?is under siege. According to local merchants, the price of a ton of ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), a common ingredient in hard-plastic products, has virtually doubled since March. "The prices for raw materials have gotten so high that no one is making a profit," says Mrs. Xu, who runs a small raw-materials factory with her husband. Xu, who declined to give her full name, says many of the factories she supplies have gone bankrupt this summer. Xu Songquan (no relation), who has been...
...sari and adorned with a tilaka marking on her forehead, sang a self-composed Sanskrit song at the MTV awards before a backdrop of Hindu god images?simultaneously raising the West's awareness of Hinduism and incurring the ire of the religion's faith police. Things Indian have only gotten trendier since. But as Madonna discovered, cashing in on Hinduism can be a mixed blessing...
...most amazing thing about the '70s was how people were very vocal about social issues, especially writers and musicians. Creative people were the heartbeat of society. Since then, we've gotten away from that. It's inevitable that we go back to a time when musicians realize our power and utilize it for more than just our own self-preservation...
...Republicans, who really worked to pass this law, have not gotten tremendous bounce or tremendous credit for having passed and added a prescription drug benefit in the Medicare program,” Brodie said...
Unlike some of America’s more well-known track athletes, Brenda Taylor ’01 has actually gotten more attention for what she has said about performance-enhancing drugs off the track than what she has actually done with them...