Word: portly
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...Asia's environment [Oct. 9] provided shocking facts on the pollution and overpopulation of the Indian city of Kanpur and indicated that four of Asia's 10 most polluted cities are in India. The report should be an eye opener for Indians. The dramatic resurgence of the Japanese port of Kitakyushu is inspiring and is surely an environmental role model. Indian cities should implement the Kitakyushu model, as Dalian in China has done, with a commitment to a cleaner future. Let us give a face-lift to the River Ganges like the one Dokai Bay had. Tougher government regulations will...
...criticizing the behavior of students during the Harvard-Yale game two years ago, the Boston Police Department (BPD) was livid about what it felt were widespread incidents of “public urination.” Then, we defended our kin by pointing to the dearth of available Port-a-Potties. That excuse didn’t fly then, and, apparently, it won’t have to now. We have been assured as we head into this 123rd Game that Ohiri Field will be fully lined with public toilets. Let’s use them. More than that, while...
...Brooks' next picture was The Canary Murder Case, in which she played the Canary. As in A Girl in Every Port, she a showgirl floating above the crowd, this time on a swing - an object for men to look up at and covet. Her contract with Paramount was coming to an end, so she skitted off to Berlin to play Lulu in Pandora...
...makes them effective bullies. After Fox took office in 2000, promising a new era, several younger Cemex execs decided to take him at his word and struck out on their own, competing against their former employer by importing cheaper cement from Russia. Their boat got tied up in every port, and after months of harassment, they took their business to Africa. Oligopolistic pricing is so pronounced in some sectors--like telecom, dominated by Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men--that it is hurting Mexico's competitiveness. "The key to being successful in business in Mexico...
...government will have to move fast to bring its legal system and infrastructure up to speed if the country hopes to attract more multinationals. Running a factory in Vietnam can be a frustrating proposition. Electricity production is barely meeting demand, which is growing at 15% per year. Roads and ports are increasingly congested. Nike Vietnam's general manager Amanda Tucker says the company's containers sometimes sit on the dock for 24 hours before shipping out. Because Vietnam has no deep-water port to handle the new larger "super-container" ships, most exports must first go to Singapore before shipping...