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...agriculture. Farmers then kept pigs outside, facilitating the airborne spread of the virus. And for consumers, there's still one major problem with the organic alternative: it's expensive. Shoppers addicted to cheap food are more likely to scoop up the imported products than shell out for high-priced, homegrown organic goods, no matter how safe they promise...
Internet access has opened Korea to a flood of smut from around the world. Homegrown Internet porn is still rare but Korean IJ sites?which initially presented themselves as talk shows?have proliferated in recent months, putting titillating images and dirty talk, in Korean, just a keyboard stroke away from any kid with a computer. That's alarmed this socially conservative country where twentysomething women living at home have curfews and parents still try to arrange marriages for their children. News reports earlier this year of teenagers selling child porn online have heightened concern over what the conservative Chosun Ilbo...
Praise for the internationalization of American collegiate squash should not be construed as a criticism of the homegrown talent. If anything, the cooperation and camaraderie among all players, foreign or domestic, is truly remarkable...
...frenetically trying to shift blame for the crisis. French Agriculture Minister Jean Glavany said last month that Britain should be "morally condemned" for spreading the disease on the Continent. The open market has slammed shut: Germany, France and Italy have responded to doubts about the safety of their homegrown beef by declaring war on everyone else's. These days protectionism is the last refuge of scoundrels...
Next I sought out more homegrown sites. Flowerbud.com specializes in unusual varieties like freesias, hyacinths, orchids and tuberoses--seemingly ideal for flower lovers looking for quality blossoms straight from the grower. Another site, Freshroses.com was the most affordable of all. This direct-from-the-grower site charged $30 for a dozen roses (plus $10 for tax and shipping), half the price of the swankier destinations...