Word: cheapness
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...Meanwhile, spend a moment thinking of those Chinese sidewalk banks. The RMB is pegged to the dollar, which means that when the dollar declines, so does the Chinese currency. The U.S. authorities say this is unfair, because it means that Chinese goods continue to be relatively cheap in American stores, which contributes to the U.S.'s massive trade deficit with Beijing (although China's global-trading account is roughly in balance). So at every opportunity (most recently at last weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Santiago, Chile), U.S. officials take the chance to jawbone the Chinese into letting...
...peace deal by year's end. The Security Council adopted a resolution promising economic aid and demanding an end to the separate conflict in the western Darfur region. Ray of Hope ZAMBIA A study of 540 Zambian children by Britain's Medical Research Council showed that co-trimoxazole, a cheap antibiotic, can reduce by 43% the death rate of children infected with HIV. Split Decision CHILE The predominantly Catholic country's first divorce law came into force six months after being approved by Congress in the face of strong objections from the Roman Catholic Church...
...phone rings. Only it’s not my cell phone, and it’s not electronic. It’s a real phone sound—something I haven’t heard since my high-school summer job at a tennis pro shop with my cheap boss who wouldn’t buy decent office equipment. The sound is coming from beneath the futon. The world slides into focus, and I realize that my roommates and I put the Harvard-installed, Hotline-surplus red phone under the futon so it wouldn?...
...Last week in Washington, Bush had some hopeful things to say about the Middle East (see cover stories). But words are cheap. Blair didn't get his grand gesture, at least not yet - and that failure underscores not just his dilemma, but Europe's, as it looks ahead to four more years of a U.S. President not given to taking outside counsel. "The Middle East is one issue on which the Europeans all agree," says François Heisbourg, director of the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Research. "Even in Paris, it is clearly understood that the peace process...
...patrons hail mainly from nearby Boston University, and both students and professors tend to make a lot of good-natured noise as they support their friends. For sushi lovers, Maluken is also a good place to eat—for $3-$10, you can have your fill of cheap and tasty sushi. It might be a good idea to just have dinner there, since the restaurant requires a food/beverage minimum of $10 for all performers...