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...Dutchman eventually tracked down his marmosets to a black-water branch of the Amazon, 200 miles southeast of Manaus. A farmer pointed toward the edge of the forest, where five marmosets happily snacked on the resin of a morototo tree. On later visits, Van Roosmalen noticed that the soil of this farm was 3 1/2 ft. deep and richer than any he knew of in the Amazon, where the earth is sandy and gives out after a couple of years, forcing farmers to raze hundreds of square miles of rain forest every year...
...GIRL: Look how you sip your tea. You sip your tea like a peasant farmer...
American industry has always used weather forecasts to gain a competitive edge. Farmers started relying on predictions in the Old Farmer's Almanac as far back as 1792. But as the 21st century starts, the use of weather data as a business resource has been propelled by trends in the competitive marketplace, such as just-in-time inventory and the barely-in-time demands of dual-income family shoppers who wait till the first chilly day to buy a coat. Then there are industry changes, such as the growth of a few key airline hubs and the deregulation of utilities...
...public schools, the juvenile-justice system and "frivolous" civil lawsuits. He chose them carefully--all were popular in Texas--but getting them done was no sure thing. To improve his odds, he cultivated relationships with the two Democrats who could make him a success--Laney, a West Texas cotton farmer who controls the house; and Bob Bullock, the profane, driven, endlessly colorful Lieutenant Governor who ran the senate and was the most powerful pol in Texas until shortly before he died last year. The three men would meet for breakfast every Wednesday--first at the Governor's mansion and then...
Several of Burton's opponents said they felt Hill's statements were misleading. Farmer, one of Burton's two managers, also said she thought Hill had said any candidate could take any number of buttons...