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...mold the refuse into raw materials to feed Taiwan's factories. Out of that garbage heap comes treasure. Last year the co-op brought in more than $100 million from customers like China Steel and Formosa Plastics. But money is not the motivation behind Wu's not-for-profit outfit. After paying office charges and the modest salaries of Wu and her staff of seven, recycling revenues go to co-op members, whose scrap yards provide thousands of jobs to poor, relatively unskilled Taiwanese...
...disease that struck Nichols as a teenager was familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), a genetic disorder characterized by a wild--and potentially lethal--growth of cancerous polyps on the inner lining of the intestine. The only recourse is to remove them surgically, along with the intestinal wall, and outfit the patient, at least temporarily, with a waste-collection bag strapped to the body. Nichols desperately wanted to protect his son from that grim experience...
...into the car and said, "Can we stop at Starbucks?" He didn't notice I had my full uniform on, and I went to get a coffee and there's a giant line and people are looking at me. They recognized me from SNL, but here I have my outfit on, so I thought - oh no, do they think I'm like wearing it out now - that's so corny...
...diamonds and still get the babes. But not every man is PUFF DADDY. When the rap mogul visited Paris to promote his latest album, he shipped 18 trunks of clothing, 45 pairs of shoes and two stylists, and booked a hotel room exclusively for his wardrobe. Between outfit changes, Puff found time to attend the couture shows and preen for October's Vogue (accessorized by model KATE MOSS). "I'm just a regular superstar," he demurs. As if there were such a thing...
...outfit her clients, Kellogg scours the papers for news of company relocations and closings, so she can pick up used desks and chairs. She furnished the 25-person Affinia office for a bit more than $1,000. The whiteboards were so fresh from a failed start-up they still had the old company's competitive analysis on it. The competitors apparently...