Word: transport
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...Thai army has at times responded harshly to the insurgency and is accused of being behind numerous extrajudicial disappearances. In the Tak Bai incident of 2004, 87 detainees died while under army transport - most suffocated after being crammed into the backs of trucks. At the same time, insurgents have burned down more than 200 schools and almost 100 Thai teachers, symbols of central authority, have died. On Nov. 5, two car bombs injured over...
Some critics of Ikea say that your furniture is easy to break, hard to assemble, and heavy to transport. What's your response to that? The quality is improving. Assembly may be difficult for some people, but we're trying to make it as easy as possible. Our philosophy is that people have more time than money. If you have to trade off between paying more or having someone else do the assembly, many people would make that trade...
...less material in our products. I would foresee that in the not-too-far future solid wood products won't exist in our product categories. Resources are limited, so we use techniques where the wood is in the frame, but basically empty inside. That makes it less heavy to transport, and dramatically reduces the amount of material...
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...Just-a-Start Executive Director Gordon Gottsche said that the cuts would force Youthbuild to reduce its student body by 10 to 12 students in the near future, and that student stipends for food, transport, and medical care might need to be trimmed as well...