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...Kohl's will only do business with vendors whose workers are treated fairly, are on the job voluntarily, are not put at risk of physical harm, are fairly compensated and allowed the right of free association and not exploited in any way," the statement read...
...fraught with danger--contestants have done me bodily harm on many occasions," he quipped. "The worst are the Samoans: Samoan women cannot resist picking me up and throwing me around...
...product of a broken home, I can vouch for the thesis that the harm done by divorce is long lasting. My parents split up when I was six years old. At age 51, I have still not come to terms with it, and I doubt I ever will. It should not be taken for granted, however, that all children of divorce end up divorced themselves. Growing up, I vowed to provide my own children with something I was myself denied--a stable home in which both biological parents are present. Of my life's proudest accomplishments, I rank...
...learned in Ec 10 that monopolies harm consumers. Quality tends to suffer. The monopolist has no direct incentive to improve the product offered. What if Harvard offered an alternative introductory economics class, forcing the two to compete for student attendance? Perhaps then Ec 10 would have to reduce section size and spice up the curriculum to attract more "customers...
...definitive conclusions about cell-phone radiation (see box). Given that, consumers may grasp at whatever data are available when deciding what to buy. That will be true especially for purchases made for children, whose developing brains absorb more radiation than adult brains and who could be exposed to potential harm for decades to come. That prospect has led parents like Gilbert Yablon to just say no. "I don't let my [eight-year-old] daughter talk on the cell phone," says Yablon, who runs a movie-graphics company just outside Los Angeles. "I'll take the risk for myself...