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...swashbuckling Bollywood image doesn't hurt either: Veerappan favors camouflage gear, sports a long, twirled mustache and is rarely seen without his rifle. It was his audacious kidnapping of popular south Indian film star Raj Kumar last year that catapulted the 54-year-old forest bandit from local Robin Hood to the world stage. Veerappan's mysterious release of the celebrity after 108 days of headlines and hype?apparently with no demands met?only added to his aura and provided grist to rumors of secret government payoffs. In a gripping new book, Veerappan, The Untold Story (Penguin Books India...
Changing the world has never been a job for the conventional or easily discouraged. But the problems of our time demand an especially crafty and determined breed of activist, because our enemies refuse to dress the part. Math illiteracy plagues black kids without wearing a hood or burning a cross. Urban sprawl doesn't need a gun to rob a community's quality of life. And hunger can hide beneath a designer T-shirt...
...stolen Volkswagen truck roared along the chaotic main street of Nablus. As Kamel Salameh wove the VW through the morning rush-hour traffic, he slammed into nine-year-old Islam Atallah. She spun off the hood like a doll, dead. With screaming tires, Salameh turned his truck and sped off. He headed for Balata refugee camp at the edge of Nablus. The patrolmen chasing him were nervous. The camp is a no-go area for Yasser Arafat's police. Salameh swerved into Balata's narrow streets and disappeared. Soon after, the police found the truck abandoned, but Salameh had melted...
Changing the world has never been a job for the conventional or easily discouraged. But the problems of our time demand an especially crafty and determined breed of activist, because our enemies refuse to dress the part. Math illiteracy plagues black kids without wearing a hood or burning a cross. Urban sprawl doesn't need a gun to rob a community's quality of life. And hunger can hide beneath a designer T shirt...
...retailers for around 40% off the wholesale price. By comparison, mega-stores like WalMart usually get at most a 10% discount from jobbers or liquidation agents. Couple that with Overstock's tiny minimum wholesale order--six units--and it appears that Byrne is trying to play Robin Hood to America's 130,000 small retailers. "These guys are getting put out of business by WalMart because they get lousy service from manufacturers," he says. "Now for the first time they'll be buying something cheaper than the chains...