Word: cheapness
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...somehow wracked with little pains of annoyance. I remember nights in Lamont, looking up to see one of my sweaters, stretched over a roommate’s larger shoulders, wandering out to the e-mail terminals. And I can’t even begin to recount the number of cheap-o drug store items—the Jane glittery cosmetics and plasticy bangle jewelry—that have disappeared into the black holes that seem to exist in every female-only room I’ve ever populated at this campus...
...those without recourse to pricey medical assistance, the road can be a little rough. Take the case of Bennett Steinmuller, a traveler in Cambodia who was relieved of his laptop computer during a robbery and took a bullet in the process. He had a cheap travel-insurance policy and on arrival at the hospital called the help line with the memorable declaration: "I'm bleeding. I've been shot. I'm in Cambodia...
Offsetting these increases is a 1.7% drop in prices for goods like cars, clothing and computers, which account for 23% of spending. Through productivity gains at home and cheap labor abroad, manufacturers have kept prices low. That's something a dentist or restaurant owner, with less flexible rent and labor costs, can't easily do. Food and energy prices (the remaining 21% of spending) have been rising (energy sharply) over the past few months but are expected to fall later this year. If you include them, the overall CPI was up 2.2% in April...
Announcing their 2003-04 schedules in New York City last week, TV executives said that next fall they will not resort to cheap reality stunts in midseason. All six broadcast networks will rise on the strength of a slew of creative new hits. And a special attachment will allow you to print $20 bills from your cable...
...last week the network chiefs, like guilty spouses, denounced reality TV as a cheap tart even as the scent of its perfume still clung to their collars. And they pledged their renewed fidelity--We mean it this time, honey!--to "original, quality scripted entertainment...