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Yunus and others like him have begun to link the global network of financial services to potential customers who have long been without it and are often both physically and metaphorically a world away. With each micro-loan they narrow this gap, convincing those at both ends of the mutual benefits that they see possible. They are modern explorers of a universe in which the best way to bridge a divide between two worlds is for each to take a step toward the other...
...from Korea, Kyung-Wa Park listens to Zhou as she waits for a friend. “His music is very comforting to me, because it’s from Asia. Even though it is Chinese, it still reminds me of Korean music. But, his skill is in a narrow range, and he doesn’t change his rhythm,” she says.Zhou’s music has become a fixture of the Square for Harvard students.“I’m just fascinated by him,” Benjamin C. Cosgrove...
...still tiny; Chinese consumption is a minute 0.3 L per head per year, one-tenth the Japanese level, and 90% is locally made. So far there is almost nothing in between those rough concoctions and the big-name wines destined for the élite. And the market is both narrow and extremely volatile: imports rose sharply in the second half of the 1990s, only to crash back down again. Despite signs of a recent recovery, sales of French wines in China in 2005 totaled just over $13 million, down from the $20 million peak in 1997. Part of the problem...
...history, have acknowledged being turned off by the connection with the study of sexuality. For some, the issues that can arise in sexuality studies go against their personal beliefs. Others are simply uninterested. While it certainly would be remiss to say that students should be encouraged to be narrow-minded in the subjects they approach and engage with in their studies, tangentially related issues should not be forced upon them unnecessarily...
...Venezuela has funneled some of the profits from surging oil prices into social development programs and infrastructure projects aimed at helping the poor, but building new housing isn't that easy in Caracas. The overcrowded capital city is jammed into a narrow valley where decades of heavy migration from the countryside have gobbled up nearly all the land suitable for construction...