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...better prices on three of the detergent packages. Of the 32 different sizes of Kellogg's cereal brands offered by WinCo, Walmart carried just seven. Of the brands both stores sold, WinCo was cheaper on six of them - two different sizes of Raisin Bran, two different sizes of Frosted Mini-Wheats, one Rice Krispies box and one Cocoa Krispies box. At WinCo, a huge sign trumpeted that a 42-ounce box of Quaker Oatmeal cost $2.48. A similar sign stood at Walmart - Quaker Oatmeal, 42-ounces...
While searching for a Bollywood film at an Indo-Pak store my eye was drawn to shelves of Fair & Lovely products that promised a brighter future with whiter skin. A series of commercials for Pond’s White Beauty showed a mini soap opera of dark-skinned Miss World, Priyanka Chopra, lightening her skin to attract her ex-boyfriend, Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan. South Asian matrimonial ads posted on the wall advertise that the bachlorette is “fair,” and bachelor ads usually clarify that this is a quality they are looking for; this...
...Hong Kong's mini-constitution under China promises eventual democracy for the SAR, but little progress has been made over the past decade, despite mounting pressure from a loose coalition of pro-democratic parties known as the pan-democrats. In November, the Hong Kong government unveiled a package of electoral reforms it pledged would "roll forward democracy." The proposal called for 10 new seats in the 60-seat legislature, divided equally between the elected and the selected seats, and for an extra 400 people to be added to the 800-member committee that nominates and elects the Chief Executive...
...Spice parody mini-video features former Crimson President Maxwell L. Child ’10 standing in the Crimson Sanctum, telling fellow seniors that they have the power to make their wallets like his by giving a $10 donation. The only thing missing from Child’s monologue is a horse—check out the promo here...
...misunderstood. "We are not defending drunk driving," Carlos Casillo, 28, of the 22 de Mayo transport workers union explained to TIME. He and about 30 other drivers were planted on a La Paz street corner under the hot noon soon "enforcing" the strike. When the occasional operating taxi or mini-bus passed by, the group would bang on its hood and try to block its passage. Casillo concedes that harsh penalties are appropriate for drivers who've been drinking. But, he says, the rest isn't fair: "I hire others to drive my vehicles everyday. Why should I be punished...