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Port Gentil is no ordinary town. That much is clear from the moment you touch down in the small coastal city in the West African nation of Gabon. Next to the airport exit, a gaggle of shrieking, minimally dressed women dance to loud rock on the terrace of a bar...
Moreover, the projected costs are manageable. A report published by the Humane Society of the United States puts the cost of cage-free egg production at 8 to 24 percent more than battery egg production, which translates to three to 12 cents extra per dozen eggs.
Haruko Ohmae, the lead character in the hit new Japanese TV drama Haken no Hinkaku, has the sort of job skills that should get her hired on the spot. She can program a computer, chop sushi, speak Russian, operate heavy equipment - and this being Japan, pour tea. But Haruko doesn...
Haruko Ohmae has the sort of job skills that should get her hired immediately. She can program a computer, chop sushi, speak Russian, operate heavy equipment and (most important) pour tea. But Haruko doesn't have a full-time job. She's a part-timer-and the main character in...
Harry Potter may have been filmed at Oxford, but students at Hogwarts have it much better than the typical student here. With steeply climbing costs and the recent poor performance of the Rhodes endowment—which translates into a lower stipend—just living in one of the...