Each country is protecting its own turf, sometimes for tiny amounts of money".
The 1977 law was intended to stop police officers from jailing young people for tiny amounts of marijuana and to allow prosecutors to focus on more serious crimes.
They devised a performance in which they went into one of Yangon's busy outdoor markets, and sold small items — candy, ribbons — for tiny amounts of money.
As yet, no US or UK facilities have followed suit but, as gold prices rise, scientists continue to research methods of sifting sewage for tiny amounts of gold.
Such materials could also be used to develop sensitive detectors for tiny amounts of certain biological molecules, either as screening systems for toxins or as medical testing devices, the researchers say.
"The European teams sign these kids at a very young age to long-term deals for tiny amounts of money and then hold the N.B.A. teams over a barrel," he said.
A team of scientists from Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman and Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., has emptied a virus of its infectious genetic matter and found that the harmless shell makes an excellent container for tiny amounts of materials.
On Sale of the Century (ITV, 1971-76), another imported American format pauperised for British audiences, volunteers competed for tiny amounts of notional money (starting with £1) that allowed them eventually to compete for a car they would get for a knockdown price.
The researchers, led by astrophysicist Pierre de Marcillac, cooled a crystal of bismuth germanate to near absolute zero, then looked for tiny amounts of heat and light given off.
As he explained, though, "Why would you run off with a pound that would sell for $2,000, when the potential in the long run is worth so much more?" The second lesson I learned was that middle-tier dealers are making a lot of their profits doing flips, or moving big amounts of weed for tiny amounts of money to other dealers below them.
