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...irony not lost on the people of Arugam Bay that the waters from which they make their livelihood came so close to ruining them. With its 2-m waves, this 3-km stretch of beach on Sri Lanka's east coast is considered one of the world's top 10 surfing destinations and is home to the annual British pro surfing championships. Over the past decade, a small industry of hotels and restaurants grew up around the board riders. At 9:04 a.m. on Dec. 26, however, Arugam Bay took the full force of the tsunami. Around 350 people died...
...progress on human rights or criticized for its continued failings? Probably both. According to human-rights monitor John Kamm, some 3,000 people are sentenced for nonviolent political and religious offenses every year. And yet, China's people have gained room to maneuver, especially in pursuit of their livelihood. That has set off shock waves--huge income disparities and corruption--that could threaten party control. By official accounts, there were 58,000 protests in 2003, as workers, peasants and even stock-market investors fought everything from corruption to overtaxation. China can't stop the outbursts...
...escaped from a Chicago jail while he was supposedly helping federal agents prevent a breakout planned by others. Found in a stolen car and in an apartment occupied by Welch were seven pistols, seven rifles and $500,000 worth of antiques, indicating that Welch had reverted to his former livelihood; indeed, 65 Welch-style burglaries had been reported in the area...
...while, I could put together a ten-record set of unreleased songs, songs that have never gotten out and songs that have been bootlegged. Bootlegging is a big business. It's like the dope business. It's supposed to be illegal, but a lot of people make their livelihood...
This is where the entourages come in. Gangsta rap entourages have a special job—to live up to the hype created by this commercialized ghetto gangsta ethos. Since defending their rapper’s authenticity equates to defending their own livelihood, these no-talent friends, who either are already quite gangsta or willing to learn, have no problem engaging in knife-work, gunplay, or fisticuffs against other crews in order to keep their man out of jail yet on top of the gangsta rap heap. And the biggest problem is that there is an endless supply of potential...