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Even when not offending the sensibilities of the cozy coterie that runs the show, those outside the fold remain in the crosshairs. Except for the one time I was snatched up by the scruff of my neck and slammed against a wall, I was generally not subjected to physical violence. The mafia employ not physical, but psychological warfare to marginalize targets while solidifying the preeminence of their group—in my case Albanian—in the basement. Baseless complaints to a sympathetic boss about the less-senior Columbian, idle gossip spread through the tenant population about the Canadian...
...Stephen" is trying to win a casino bet. It's not a big one by any measure but a gamble all the same. Here's his play. The house is willing to give him $5--risk free--just to fold. Or he can bet even odds on red and win $15. A blue ball packs him off empty-handed. Stephen swallows, forgoes the sure thing and bets red. A red gumball drops: he's $15 richer...
...benefits of using biodiesel are two-fold, Harris said. It reduces pollutants that are potentially harmful to human health and it reduces greenhouse gases, which are thought to be linked to global warming...
...Vassar showed the same resolve it did last weekend—when it took the Crimson to five games before Harvard pulled out a victory—and didn’t fold quickly in this contest either. The Brewers battled back and tied the match at 26, forcing Keller to call a timeout and calm his team down...
...manage the newly named GM South Africa. GM sees the unit, which turned out only about 40,000 cars last year and claimed an 11% market share, as a springboard for growth in Africa. Socia, who previously ran worldwide purchasing, including a cost-saving partnership with Fiat, will fold the division back into GM. The company left the operation at the end of 1986 to protest apartheid, then reappeared in 1997, when it bought a 49% stake in Delta...