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...pocket, hopped in his car and went looking for a Roma to shoot. Angry about being out of work, angry about the recent burglary of his apartment, he blamed it all on the Roma, 150,000 of whom live on the margins of Italian society. The man found his target in a neighborhood on the southern outskirts of the capital: an 11-year-old boy, walking with his aunt. He pulled up and shot the boy in the face. The boy's injury was minor, but the emotional trauma of having a gun fired in his face...
There's no question that grapes would have made an attractive target for domestication by our Stone Age ancestors. As food, they are densely packed with sugar and valuable for that reason alone. But in addition, McGovern thinks, ancient people were probably well aware of the fermentation process whereby yeast turns the sugar in grape juice into alcohol. Indeed, wild grapes frequently carry a dusting of yeast on their skins, probably transported by wasps and other flying insects, and will occasionally ferment right on the vine (birds sometimes become so inebriated eating wild grapes that they fall from their perches...
...With 3 billion people living on less than $2 a day, there's a huge market for this kind of seed capital. And although microfinance institutions (MFIs) tripled the number of borrowers to 27 million from 1997 to 2001, they are still reaching only a tenth of their target audience--hence the need to scale up by tapping into capital markets, which is no easy feat...
...Four: Lever again readies his harpoon but realizes he has the wrong target: "It was the biggest rat I've ever seen...
...Fitzpatrick looked just good enough against Penn to give the Crimson faithful hope. If he can shake off the rust and find another receiving target besides Edwards, Dawson and the defense should be able to hold off Yale—but it’s gonna be close...