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Taking the adage, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” to a new level, Davy Rothbart has capitalized on this idea, creating Found, a magazine that is composed solely of, well, things one might find on the ground. These “finds” include old photos, scrawled love notes, and even discarded recordings and high school yearbooks...
...officer came upon trash strewn on the steps of Currier House and benches turned over in the area of Cabot House...
...firms say this approach is necessary to constrain runaway medical costs. Surveys show that employees consistently want higher-quality health care, and so far, unions have not objected. To safeguard privacy, assistance is offered under strict guidelines, and compliance is voluntary. Pactiv Corp., the Chicago-based manufacturer of Hefty trash bags, may add some sugar to the medicine by offering chronically ill employees incentives to get well. "What if diabetic patients were to get free health-club benefits if they were willing to see a dietitian to control weight and check for eye problems, a frequent complication of the disease...
...resources." In a show of no-confidence, the Oklahoma legislature last week passed a $5 million buyout for all families with children under 6. John Sparkman, who heads the Tar Creek Steering Committee, a group of buyout supporters, veers between cynicism and despair. "They think we're poor white trash," he says bitterly, driving past Picher's boarded-up storefronts. "The votes here don't affect any federal election--so why bother? We've agitated till we can't agitate anymore." Meanwhile, at Tar Creek, the toxic dust keeps blowing in the wind...
...leader Yasser Arafat of the prosecutor's call to indict Sharon, Arafat smiled broadly and, according to people who were present, interrupted a meeting he was chairing. "Didn't I tell you," said Arafat, a man not unfamiliar with charges of corruption, "that he will be consigned to the trash can of history, where he will be ignored...