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...stereotypes--nobody can cork a curling stone like a Canadian, the Swiss have a lock on clock slowing, don't even try outfoxing the French when it comes to slipping small animals into the luge run--promise to be severely tested. Blame escalating commercialism and its henchman, dollar power. Item: tiny Hindu Kush hires away the legendary snowshoe-warping coach of a major European cheating team for an estimated $1 million, cash--a staggering sum, even if the bills were counterfeit. Nor should the astonishing recent advances in technique be discounted. "Cheating is a lot more sophisticated now than...
...free, there’s no reason not to pile twice as much on to your tray as you actually want in order to avoid having to go back for more later, and thus we needlessly throw away tons of perfectly edible food. A meal plan with per-item prices would greatly reduce the incentive to waste food as we do now. Plus, itemizing each thing we eat tends to make us more aware of what exactly we’re eating; you feel less inclined to take that extra brownie or ice cream sundae when you have to consciously...
...cost almost $200 apiece, for example the infamous sourcebook for Literature and Arts B-20, “Designing the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form” that costs an astounding $200.50. Is there any logical constraint on what we will be asked to pay for an item with little, if any, residual value once the semester is over...
...Hindsight, C.I.A. Sees Flaws That Hindered Efforts on Terror ? A New York Times item from October...
...idea for this hot item came from a 1991 Boston globe article in which writer Mark Muro “proved” through research (eavesdropping on Cantabrigians’ conversations) that in this city “almost everyone seems to know everything about everything—or at least they think they do.” Rodriguez, who has lived in Cambridge for 27 years, is of the opinion that Muro was correct in dubbing 02138 the most opinionated zip in Massachusetts (though the shirt expands the claim to “the world?...