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...Realizing that the prefix "eco" has unfavorable connotations to travelers more used to 24-hour room service and pay-TV, a number of operators are trying to take the pain out of political correctness. As a result, you can now vacation responsibly anywhere from an idyllic beach in the Maldives (indirectly contributing $1 per night to a turtle project) to rural Ireland (spending your spare time working on river restoration). If you want a holiday that helps the local community and you want to spend it in relative ease, check out these places that let you feel good while doing...
...monthly for unlimited evening and weekend calls in the U.K., and around 6 cents per minute to 17 countries. They can even take the adapter abroad to make cheap calls. But there are limitations: they cannot call emergency numbers, as VoIP users lack the required numeric prefix linked to a geographical area, nor can they dial operators. BT says cable users can save €155 a year; decent but not up to VoIP's potential. Eventually, BT, AT&T et al. could market local service in foreign countries. For consumers, that's worth phoning home about. - By Mark Halper Southern...
...Letters that mean “I needed this yesterday!” 2. Corn ___ 3. Was on Easy Street 4. Wall covering at Harvard? 5. Drops on the ground? 6. 90s politico H. Ross ___ 7. Prefix meaning “culture” 8. “___ Te Ching” 9. Architectural addition 10. Class clowns 11. “Bye Bye Bye” boy band 12. Yogi who stars in an Aflac ad 13. Sing softly 18. First man 22. Caribou relative 24. Crew team equipment 25. Letter distribution on base 26. Jazz instruments 27. Something...
...million in the field this year; the E.U. is playing catch-up with a four-year, €1 billion pitch - hampered, says Ottilia Saxl of Britain's Institute of Nanotechnology, by the fact that European research relies predominantly on vulnerable small businesses. "Nano" is fast becoming a must-have prefix in advertisements for everything from cosmetics to trousers to tennis racquets. But as the technology enters the mass market, fear and suspicion of the science could grow - unless scientists and politicians debate the present implications of the technology rather than its far distant future. Without such honest, open discussion, public...
...diplomatic standoff on Iraq continued, France became the new foe in this conflict. Whether it was Congress or President George W. Bush himself, name-calling, mockery and general disrespect flew from Washington. Every media outlet picked up the news that the House of Representatives had decided to change the prefix ‘French’ to ‘Freedom’ in both its fries and its toast. Despite the amusing nature of the replacement (mocking the French always elicits a giggle), this change symbolized a more worrisome trend. More recently, Republican Jim Saxton of New Jersey proposed...