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What would the PETA people have the islanders do, chew on sand...
...Sandbox Manufacturers of America: "We are outraged that CBS would permit such obvious disregard for sand. Exactly what kind of message are we sending to the youth of America when 'Survivor' cast members are free to relieve themselves at will right there on the beach? CBS programming executives must ask themselves if they are prepared to face up to their responsibility for turning the nation's sandboxes into so many toilets...
Since silicon is derived from sand, it was essentially limitless and, more importantly, relatively cheap to produce...
...play fast and loose with other kinds of logic. In his West, horses sit down when you need them to be up and doing, Indian princesses are as sportively knowing as any of the gals in Sex and the City, and a guy buried up to his neck in sand manages to dig himself out with a pair of chopsticks...
...most profound difference between the Yeltsin and Putin eras, however, may be in the way post-communist Russia relates to the West. Where Yeltsin tendered the begging bowl and was prepared to mortgage Moscow's big-power status to secure financial bailouts, Putin has drawn a line in the sand. His vision may be capitalist, but the new president's security doctrine suggests a more hostile or competitive relationship with the West than his predecessor's. And with Washington currently seized with enthusiasm for missile defense, that may even translate into a new nuclear arms race. Clinton-era conventional wisdom...