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...Japan would have spoken so flatteringly of the U.S. firm four years ago, when Apple was doing nothing right in that market. The company had priced its best-selling equipment too expensively -- a Macintosh Plus at $2,842 in 1989 had a tag more than 60% higher than the U.S. price. Apple left marketing and distribution exclusively to a subsidiary of Canon, which saw little point in exerting itself on behalf of a lazy American client. Worst of all, Apple had not taught its computers to speak Japanese. In early 1989 only six software programs were available in Japanese...
...invisible legions of pre-sell-out alternative fiends who slept and ate the likes of Metallica, Nirvana, Soundgarden, L7, Smashing Pumpkins and Jane's Addiction before those annoying bandwagoneers jumped on and spoiled the secret--you still love your bands, but you hate the tag-alongs...
...council moved the last date for requestingfilms from the end of final exams to commencement.The film societies must claim, or "yellow tag"movies they wish to show and confirm within 14days to maintain exclusive rights...
...treaty. It outlaws production, stockpiling and transfer of chemical weapons, and will take effect after 65 nations have signed it. Some states will refuse to sign; others, like Russia, will hesitate because scrapping chemical weapons will be so expensive. For the U.S., which will sign, the price tag will be more than $6 billion...
...recycling law -- achieving 34% recycling, or double the national average -- demonstrates the virtues of a legal prescript. Minimum-content laws such as those in Oregon and California, mandating the use of recycled materials in new products, have proved effective. So have "pay by bag laws" that increase the price tag for garbage removal according to volume. Last fall the White House issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to give preference to recycled materials when purchasing products. But that's just a start. "Unless the government mandates more use of recycled material in products," warns Dan Weiss of the Sierra...