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...pieces of clothing and earned $1500. Her tote bags and girls’ t-shirts are hot commodities, nearly selling out. The store is set up in a rented space that doubles as a concert hall at night. The proceeds from the store will go towards rent and to offset the costs of the fabric. Van Cleef said she hopes there will be money left over to pay for some of her living expenses. Emma Katz ’06, who is helping Van Cleef run the store, said that customers typically do not know what to think...
...Still, the bullish investment is offset by common developing-country woes. Infrastructure hasn't kept pace with growth; electricity, telecommunications and port fees are relatively costly. Last summer, a drought in the north reduced hydroelectric generation and the government was forced to implement rolling power outages. Vietnam still hasn't developed support industries to supply parts and services to factories, forcing them to import parts and expertise. Meanwhile, restrictive labor laws make it virtually impossible to fire unproductive workers, and managers in foreign-owned factories complain about pervasive government corruption and interference. In January, Hanoi abruptly decreed that the minimum...
...Administration to make some crucial changes in the Patriot Act before he voted to reauthorize it. The son of former White House chief of staff John H. Sununu, he has become a well-respected fiscal conservative, last fall calling for cuts in nearly every part of the budget to offset spending for Hurricane Katrina...
...website does not attempt to offset that stereotype. Clicking on the “Members” link will take the curious web-surfer, unaffliated with the show, to a blank page saying, “Insufficient level of pretensiousness [sic] detected...aborted...
This strong sense of place in turn highlights an unexpectedly poetic contrast— the bleakness of the working-class Scottish life is offset by the strange power and beauty of the sea that surrounds the characters...