Word: hauls
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...many of the creations you chose were impractical, half-baked ideas. Consider the Snow Boat, which is supposed to solve the problem of a snowmobile falling through broken ice by welding an aluminum boat around it. That's like making a safer motorcycle by carrying it in a U-Haul trailer. Admittedly, coolness is hard to define, but I never thought ridiculousness was an essential part of the concept. Dexter Ford Manhattan Beach, California...
...travelers are getting so large, they're dragging down the airline industry. The weight of the average U.S. adult has increased about 10 lbs. since the early 1990s, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, and it's costing millions of dollars more for airlines to haul the heavier load. In a letter to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control calculated that planes burned 350 million gal. more fuel in 2000--at an additional cost of $275 million--than they would have if passengers had weighed on average 10 lbs. less. There...
...solicitation policy (similar to that of many retail chains). "It opens the door to any other groups that wish to solicit our guests," said a Target official. In 2003 bell ringers received $8.8 million from Target shoppers--nearly a tenth of the Salvation Army's total $93.8 million holiday haul. Several Christian groups, including Concerned Women for America and the American Family Association, have protested the ban and are encouraging their members to shop elsewhere. Fears of a boycott led Mervyn's, a former Target subsidiary, to reverse its own ban last week, but so far Target...
That is all good stuff, for now. But over the long haul, a banana-republic dollar could lead to inflation, higher interest rates and a recession likely to spill around the planet. In the past, the strong dollar allowed the U.S. government to borrow cheaply and attract investment in the safest currency on the globe. That helped finance the budget deficit, kept interest rates low and also allowed Americans, as individuals and collectively through their government, to spend way beyond their means. Foreigners are big buyers of mortgage securities, which make purchasing that McMansion more affordable. They hold nearly...
...chose were impractical, half-baked ideas. Consider the Snow Boat, which, by means of an aluminum boat welded around a snowmobile, is supposed to solve the problem of the vehicle's falling through the ice. That's like making a safer motorcycle by carrying it in a U-Haul. Coolness is hard to define, but ridiculousness isn't part of the concept...