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...Preventive Medicine, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control calculated that planes burned 350 million gal. more fuel in 2000--at an additional cost of $275 million--than they would have if passengers had weighed on average 10 lbs. less. There's no plan to charge people by the pound--as they do for extra-heavy luggage--but double-width passengers are sometimes asked to buy two seats. --By Sora Song
...falling dollar really such a big deal? Since 2001, it is down 33% against the euro and 20% against the Japanese yen and has weakened against the pound and Canadian dollar as well. This broad slide has made goods produced in the U.S. more affordable to foreigners with stronger currencies. In the short run, foreign buying is a boon to U.S. factories that only now are emerging from their worst rut since the Great Depression. In fact, though U.S. officials say they want a strong dollar, the open secret in Washington is that they are in no rush to make...
...going to buy two oranges this morning, but they cost so much, we put them back. It's so expensive, it's so sad." More important, the cost of foreign goods in the U.S. is increasing. Consider: at import-foods shop A Southern Season in Chapel Hill, N.C., a pound of European Brie has shot from $6.99 to $8.29 in a year, and even at that price, the store makes less profit. "We try to educate our staff" about the dollar impact so they can explain the prices to angry customers, says manager Briggs Wesche. And it's not just...
...scientist Michael Hawley has authored the world’s largest book: a 133-pound, five-by-seven-foot tome entitled “Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Kingdom. (“The Book To End All Books,” 4/8/04...
...some House representatives hold regular office hours before Sunday council meetings—as required by council bylaws—to gather student views about other issues. Yet this outreach is still spotty. Different House representatives display varying levels of commitment to collecting student input. Glazer and Nichols must pound it into the heads of all council representatives that their first job is to represent and respond to their constituents...