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...threat to the environment than does the Mayak nuclear waste. Kabriov drives me to one of the illegal trash dumps that have grown up in the thick trees around Lake Uvil-dui, where a stream of waste runs from the water's edge deep into the forest. The nearest legal dump is nearly 40 km (25 miles) away. "Rich people build mansions and they use the forest as their trash can," says Kabriov, poking through a pile of empty bottles. "That's Russia today...
...Alexander Krupin, a brusque, fatigue-wearing regional environmental official is quick to blame the new rich tenants for ruining his lake. But, he says, in his patrolling to watch for illegal dumping, he's noticed a change recently. Instead of throwing their trash behind the nearest clump of trees, they're pushing to bring a new, legal waste dump closer to their lake. "It's because they understand that they don't want to live in a garbage pile," he says. "They've spent all that money for the lake and they want to enjoy the clean nature...
...course slowing down trade requires only collective will, not regulations. What if buyers decided to resist the siren song of low prices emanating from the nearest Wal-Mart and buy instead from mom-and-pop stores stocked with higher-priced, locally made goods? Globalization would decelerate. Offshoring could be slowed, too, if vast numbers of buyers agreed to pay more for services whose workers are based in their home countries. Such a scenario, however, seems unlikely. In the 1970s, car buyers didn't hesitate to choose Toyotas and Hondas when they proved cheaper or more reliable than Fords and Fiats...
...worst sensation comes, of course, when the blast is nearest. In December, I was in Ramadi. After a short foot patrol with Marines, I walked back into the tiny base nestled on a bad street in the city. Minutes after I entered, a huge mortar slammed into the doorway through which I just passed. The entire building shook as though some huge hand had shoved it. Inside, I felt like my bones for a second had turned to metal, and someone had rung me with a sledgehammer...
...registered voters believe that Hillary Clinton is "strongly religious," compared to 22% for John Edwards and 24% for Barack Obama. Perhaps more problematic for Clinton is the fact that nearly one-quarter of respondents (24%) say they know she is "not religious" - that's almost twice the nearest candidate, Rudy Giuliani...