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...host the 2008 Games, perhaps Zhu didn't want anyone bringing up the fact that all those stuffed Olympic mascots and five-ring banners could be manufactured by kids in sweatshops. Last year China was embarrassed by reports that children were working 17-hour days packing plastic Snoopy figurines for McDonald's restaurants in Hong Kong. (After the report came out, the toy factory released its child laborers...
...permanent childhood. Gowl’s Haley is the first to grab the audience’s attention, shifting back and forth between petty child and fussy matron in a fine schizophrenic act. The production yields no funnier image than the pajama-clad Gowl perched on a plastic-covered easychair like a demented socialite, articulating her concerns about candy distribution...
...legendary spot in the Square that people love to hate. Its status as a freshman final club makes it a wonderful sanctuary from the often dull yard scene but it's not just your fake ID or the glasses at the Grille that are made of plastic. By junior year most students have moved...
Digital mammography improves these odds by giving radiologists electronic eyes. The picture is taken the same way--by sending X rays through breast tissue compressed between two small plastic plates. But instead of transferring the X-ray image to film, digital mammograms translate the picture into bits of information that are stored on a computer. The radiologist can then manipulate the image by zooming in on problem areas or adjusting the contrast in bleak, featureless regions to single out suspicious growths...
Barbara Guralnick is leaving her New York City apartment carrying a blue plastic ball that measures 75 in. around, portable CD player and shoulder bag packed to the brim with lotions, washcloths and hair scrunchies...