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...Those small decisions - the motorcycles and new clothes left unbought - add up for retailers. Ombati and Rajinder Singh run a grocery store in Barola, another village in Uttar Pradesh, and their customers are mostly farmers. "People are not buying in bulk anymore. They come and buy things in limited quantities," Ombati says. That change has reduced their daily earnings from Rs. 2000 ($42) to Rs. 600 ($12.50). "In a drought, where is the money to buy things?" (See pictures of the deadly 2007 monsoon floods...
...gone along with it, appearing on the cover of magazines and dressing up for big occasions. But it's not in her personal or political interest to hew too closely to that image. It's too limiting. It's exhausting. And, most of all, it separates her from the bulk of American womanhood, who do not have the wherewithal or energy to put it together perfectly every day. It's contraindicated with the just-folks charm that is the core of the Obamas appeal. (Read about why Michelle's hair matters...
...customers buying sex toys in bulk, or less so since the recession?” I asked...
...Daniels have spent the bulk of their working lives searching for a virus that could cause a pandemic. Now they are watching a pandemic unfold in front of their eyes. When he talks about influenza, Daniels tends to use his hand as a visual aid, cupping his palm to mimic the virus's spherical structure and pretending his curled fingers are the sphere's protein spikes. As he looks down at his hand, his face breaks into a wry smile. "Forget the pandemic strain for a second and consider seasonal flu," he says. "How this virus can continue to evolve...
...scans showed that group leaders and the second most dominant monkeys had lower amounts of visceral fat than their subordinates, who carried the bulk of their body fat in their guts. In human populations, something similar happens: studies have linked lower social status to a higher incidence of metabolic syndrome - the condition whose symptoms include high blood pressure, high glucose levels and being overweight - which promotes heart disease...