As recently as 2001, barely 1,000 cases, or 12,000 bottles, of Txakolina were exported to the United States, according to Wines From Spain, a trade organization.
That's barely the case now: Apple has morphed into a design and retail business that orders in its manufactures from a network of more than 150 companies, usually based abroad.
It's the Case-Mate Barely There ID case.
But in several cases "barely ready" would have been more apt.
Unfortunately, this particular WNYC report on differing rates in which district attorneys decline to prosecute cases barely scratches the surface of what the real injustices are.
Although the courses he taught were introductory, success was beyond many of his students, who, he wrote, were "in some cases barely literate".
Today's government ministries, by contrast, are populated by men and women who, in many cases, barely knew each other before 11 May.
He's exaggerating, but it provides the Pompeii-like fascination of seeing the intimate objects of the daily life of centuries ago, in some cases barely changed.
And outside of prime neighborhoods, the restricted rents are not such a great bargain, in many cases barely cheaper than what the apartments could fetch on the open market.
One result was that some blind and mentally retarded people were chosen to preside over vote-counting, and in other cases barely literate peasants were assigned to head precincts while university professors were sidelined.
Lawyers and detectives believe the approach could be vital in helping to boost the stubbornly low rape conviction rate in England and Wales, where barely 6% of cases reported to police end in conviction.
