Word: aileen
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...Ending this cycle of emigration won't be easy. Aileen Constantino-Peñas, who works for the NGO Atikha, says part of the problem is that most children of migrant workers "do not have the slightest idea of the difficult situations their parents face." More and more women are leaving to work in private homes as domestic helpers, a job that can mean putting up with long hours and cramped living quarters - and, all too often, abusive employers. But few of the grim details get shared in the regular phone calls parents make home to their kids. Through workshops...
Gary Gilmore, the first man executed after the death penalty resumed in 1976, was a volunteer. So were infamous inmates like Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and serial murderer Aileen Wuornos. Exactly three years ago a Connecticut serial killer named Michael Ross became the first man executed in New England in four decades after clamoring loudly for his own death. In each instance the volunteers hijacked the justice system, and Ross's case was no different: he engaged in a long and public opera of narcissism, self-pity and, in essence, self-promotion. His victims were all but forgotten...
...negligible and she adds little to thefilm. Although she plays a desperatelyunhappy woman who has spent most ofher life running away from home, comfort,and love, Theron never quite losesher Hollywood glamour. This is surprisinggiven that she won an AcademyAward in 2003 for her transformationinto repulsive serial killer Aileen Wuornosin “Monster.”Thankfully, Joleen disappears quiteearly in the movie, leaving Tara andJames to cope with her disappearance.The relationship that forms betweenthese two characters is the film’s savinggrace. Robb brilliantly portrays Tara’soscillation between pre-teen awkwardness—which...
...that film, Theron reportedly gained 30 pounds to star as prostitute and serial killer Aileen Wuornos...
...that film, Theron reportedly gained 30 pounds to star as prostitute and serial killer Aileen Wuornos...