Word: cheaping
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...they are. Technology has made it possible for anyone with minimal geek skills and lots of free time to make his own movies, TV shows, albums, books and even radio programs at the merest fraction of what it cost only a few years ago. It has suddenly become cheap to create your own entertainment--and cheaper still to distribute it online. It's the do-it-yourself dream, and it's seizing the imagination of thousands of auteurs--amateur and professional alike--yearning for a mass-market way to express themselves...
John Paul, unshakably conservative, cannot be accused of political correctness. His apology has no taint of cheap grace or feel-good remorse. In recent years, apologies for historic wrongs have become a bit of a trend. The Southern Baptist Convention apologized for its church's past support of slavery and asked the forgiveness of blacks. The Japanese Prime Minister apologized for Japan's behavior in World War II. The Canadian government apologized for programs injuring native peoples...
...recent increase in gas prices has exposed the unsettling dependence of the U.S. economy on cheap petroleum. Although many have called for drastic actions to reduce prices, the U.S. should not fight too hard to maintain its low gas prices forever. In the long run, prices that more accurately reflected the social costs of oil would be both an economic and an environmental benefit. For now, however, there is good reason to smooth the transition and to lobby oil-producing nations for increased production...
...briefing, Greenspan warned that consumers have been given incentives to spend uncontrollably by low credit card rates, a false sense of wealth fueled by daily plus signs next to the NASDAQ's performance and the fact that foreign products have been so cheap in the wake of financial crises in Europe and Asia. The three-pronged remedy will come by discouraging spending through increased credit card rates, encouraging savings through higher interest rates, and continuing the assault on the stock markets, which could bring consumers' demand more in line with their true wealth rather than with the exuberance engendered...
...price--$5,395 for adults, $3,595 for children (airfare included; for more information, call 540-463-8723)--ain't cheap, but Buddy Derrick feels the trip is worth it. "I wanted to instill in my grandkids a sense of living life to its fullest," he says, "and to me, going on an African safari is the absolute ultimate." Those grandkids will have to earn the privilege, however, by passing Derrick's test. Pssst, John and Richard, here are the answers: Kilimanjaro; a female; true...