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...bottom of a narrow winding staircase is a well-lit store painted in psychedelic colors, the very antithesis of the grimy Amsterdam "head shops" that peddle marijuana, cheap drug paraphernalia, a few legal uppers and rock-star T shirts. Here the products, which include €170 bongs, are pricey on purpose. "We wanted to have the highest quality and remain far from any suspicion," says Secci, adding that the upscale rates discourage the wrong kind of clientele. No one under 18 is permitted in the store. Displayed along the far wall are the featured "smart" products that go on sale...
...could write off the cost on their tax returns--even as much as $38,200 toward a new Hummer H2 that gets only 10 m.p.g. As might be expected, consumption rose 1.5 million bbl. a day over the past decade, to 8.8 million last year. But for owners of pricey vehicles like the Hummer, it keeps getting better. The tax-cutting bill signed into law in May expanded the write...
When military police were ordered to raid a Phnom Penh office suspected of harboring an illegal phone scam last Tuesday, officers figured it was probably just another instance of small-scale Cambodian corruption. But what they found was pricey, high-tech telecommunications equipment?and evidence that boiler-room scams may have spread to Cambodia under the guise of supposedly charitable nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Police detained 20 foreigners in the raid, including 14 Britons, who remain under guard in a Phnom Penh hotel. According to officials, the group allegedly set up an illegal telephone network and had made nearly...
These stars and other action figures--Will Smith, Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, Vin Diesel--are called franchise players, because every couple of years they tote hit movies and their pricey sequels on their meaty shoulders. The bankability of most male stars (Tom Hanks being the perennial exception) can be gauged by the success they've had fronting movies with numerals...
This time around, however, they have taken a different marketing tack. Gone is the secrecy that enshrouded their first project. Carefree Cove is billed--front and center--as a lesbian and gay community. But its promise of upscale rustic living might be too pricey for some. Homes start at $200,000. Still, Razete is confident that she has got another hit on her hands. "The country is ready for this now," she says. And so too is a whole new generation of gay adults...