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...implication that anyone has blocked this because of Mr. Estrada’s background is cheap and low. The Republicans can’t win the argument on the merits so they resort to below-the-belt tactics,” he told the New York Times...
...shouldn't, although it's easy to see why it might. In 2002 China's trade surplus with the U.S. was $103 billion, twice what Japan's was at the height of Japan bashing 12 years ago. With its abundance of cheap labor, China can undercut American manufacturers of everything from toys to furniture to clothes. China has long pegged its currency, the yuan, to the dollar, and not long ago U.S. policymakers had nothing but praise for the way China managed its foreign exchange. In the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, China did not devalue the yuan...
...about North Korea, the future of Taiwan, global warming and the demand for fossil fuels. The last thing Washington needs is a row with Beijing about trade. If that means more Treasury Secretaries flying back from negotiations with their Chinese counterparts with not much more than a few cheap rugs...
...Iraqi people. You noted that Iraqi Fayek Kudayar Abbas was paid $40 a week as a translator. But since anyone working with Americans is in grave danger, it is paramount for the Americans to guarantee Abbas' personal protection. For Americans, Iraqis seem to be the equivalent of paper napkins: cheap to buy, quickly used and disposed of. And there is no shortage of supply. About 25 million desperate people have to find a way each day to get by until the next. Greg Pytel London...
...there are already two shops in Harvard Square—but I don’t want to go down into the bowels of the T or head to the Kennedy School to get a regular coffee at a decent price. With a Mass. Ave location, good, cheap coffee will be right on the way to class for every river student. Some may claim that Starbucks fits the “cheap, good coffee” bill, but let me tell you: five dollars for coffee, caramel, whipped cream and low-fat vanilla flavoring isn’t coffee. It?...