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...third of their journeys at a standstill.) Rebellion has already taken hold in some corners. Newspapers and websites have shared suggestions for dodging the charge: from high-tech devices that blur the number plate at the flick of a switch to cruder tactics like rubbing mud all over the tag. Motorists Against Detection, which claims to have destroyed hundreds of speed cameras throughout the U.K., plans to torch, spray-paint and run over the congestion-fee cameras, too. "We've clearly paid for these roads already," says a member of the group, who declines to be named. "We're like...
...taking out full-page ads in the New York Times. But is this all just much ado about nothing? The U.S. government does use its purchasing power as both a carrot and a stick, but formal sanctions just won't happen. And private corporations, like GE, got their "multinational" tag for a reason - they'll sign contracts wherever they get the best deal. As for average U.S. consumers, they've shown little compunction about buying diamonds that fund bloody militias in Africa, so in the long term they're unlikely to lose their appetite for flash rocks over a mere...
...It’s like you’re at some incredible discount sale fighting suburban mothers for red-tag exercise equipment,” says Kevin M. Haninger, a fifth year student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences who was not fortunate enough to secure a machine. “Except that it’s everyday...
...Rapper-actor Ice-T's ICEWEAR will go on sale in the fall. With knit tops starting at $40, it's street-credible menswear at a lower price tag than Sean John...
Harvard’s final offer included a million-dollar parcel of land designated for a park, $300,000 for neighborhood projects, and a five-year moratorium on local building—concessions which administrators estimated came with a $5-million price tag...