"Possession".

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In his editorial on the U.S. culture of excessive consumption, Tom Prugh sardonically wrote, "So waddle onward, America!" Apparently, despite all our excessive body weight, Americans are still wont to do more than waddle. In November, according to news reports, a mob of shoppers at an Orange City, Florida, Wal-Mart was so eager to get to some DVD players that had just gone on sale...