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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...proposition the memo offers—to pay lower-wage countries to accept our pollution—is rather straightforward. Consider a machine that could magically suck grime and litter off the streets of Los Angeles and deposit it in Calcutta. Given that the Calcutta city government has more important things to worry about, it seems reasonable that it might value clean streets somewhat less than we do and be willing to take a little bit of grime for the right fee—a fee that could be immediately redirected into other, more pressing priorities, such as saving scores...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Milking the Memo | 4/17/2001 | See Source »

...conceivable, of course, that the KKK has some deep-seated desire to pick up litter along Missouri's highways and byways, or to plant a few posies on the median just in time for spring. But by the time the case got to the first round of appeals, it was all about legalities. According to Thomas Robb, national director of the KKK based in Harrison, Ark., the legal challenge was "a purely constitutional issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ku Klux Klan Wins a Battle to Play at Cleanup | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...Personally, I think all the Baha Men need is a new catchphrase. I have one: "Could somebody empty the kitty litter?" I think it's a winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Grammys Postmortem | 2/22/2001 | See Source »

...Could somebody empty the kitty litter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Grammys Postmortem | 2/22/2001 | See Source »

...allowance of 40 hours of paid time off each year for community service helped sell Laura Wagner on joining outdoor- footwear manufacturer Timberland two years ago. Wagner, 27, a customer-service representative, has cleared trails in state parks around the company's Stratham, N.H., headquarters and picked up litter on the beach in her neighborhood in Ogunquit, Maine, all on company time. This perk, which was first offered in 1992, is promoted at job fairs and on the company's website, says Ken Freitas, vice president of marketing for social enterprise. According to Freitas, 90% of those being considered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Works Perk | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

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