Or you could step on them. Hammacher Schlemmer now sells an “aluminum can crusher,” complete with wall mount, 16-inch compaction arm, and foam-covered neoprene handle, for $22.95.
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Invasion for the hell of it. The New Yorker (April 2) reports that “the United States has quietly dropped its request that Panama toughen its laws on the laundering of drug money. The request was opposed by Panama’s new government, four of whose top officials have owned or directed banks accused of laundering drug funds.”
Tunnel vision in the executive suite. Best of Business (Spring 1990) reviews Beijing Jeep: “On June 4, 1989, downtown Beijing was a businessman’s worst nightmare. While soldiers went on a killing rampage in Tiananmen Square, foreign executives and their families stormed the international airports, clamoring to get a flight–any flight–out of the city. The business climate had changed.”
Maybe it’s the cafeteria food. According to the National Energy Education Development Project’s poll of 25,000 U.S. students: “More than half of the elementary students asked (54.9%) are able to define why solar power is a renewable energy source. Surprisingly, only a third of the secondary students can give correct answers.”
