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...course, authenticity only goes so far in homes that were originally built without running water or toilets. The revamped holiday cottages now include "capsule" kitchens and bathrooms, televisions, microwaves, comfortable double beds and a price tag reflecting their newfound status: a two-night stay?the minimum?will set you back at least $325. Proletarians of yore will be wondering why they never got into the holiday business...
...most pressing concern is the finding of a 2001 report that the infrastructure of the Hilles building is in desperate need of repair. A private firm estimated that the building required a minimum of $7.26 million dollars in repairs. This cost may reduce the funds available for converting the space for student use, Dingman said...
...exes who find it impossible to get along, some psychologists suggest "parallel parenting." That means each household has its own set of rules, and the parents have a minimum of contact and communication. Richard Warshak, author of Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex, estimates more than half of divorced parents sharing custody follow this path...
Currently, a grower in Canada who has been convicted can expect less than two years of house arrest and a trafficker anywhere from three months to five years, served either at home or in prison, compared with the minimum punishment of five to 10 years that most convicted traffickers and growers receive in U.S. federal court. But as the violence has increased and cultivation of the crop has moved into residential areas, Canada has begun cracking down on its estimated 50,000 commercial pot growers. Over the past four years, police in Vancouver have seized $288 million worth of marijuana...
With global warming, we have no more snow. With minimum wage laws, great grandpa’s work habits can only be emulated by workers in Cambodia. And with the onset of the online revolution, you can get the news from tomorrow’s newspaper today. (Which, by the way, would be a great premise for a TV show...