Word: alberto
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Certainly, Spaniards no longer seem scandalized by the prospect of divorce. Alberto Rubio founded divorcioexpress.com, a website that, for less than $600, lets partners seal an uncontested divorce via the Internet. "We facilitate about 100 divorces a month," he says. "But we're not promoting divorce, just making it more accessible." Like him, sociologist Inés Alberdi sees little grounds for concern over the divorce boom. "The number of divorces may have climbed, but the number of separations has decreased by almost the same amount," she says. "Before, when it came to divorce, Spain had very strange practices...
...Spaniards certainly no longer seem scandalized by the prospect of divorce. Alberto Rubio founded divorcioexpress.com, a website that, for under $600, lets partners seal an uncontested divorce via the Internet. "We facilitate about 100 divorces a month," he says. "But we're not promoting divorce, just making it more accessible." Like him, sociologist Inés Alberdi sees little grounds for concern. "The number of divorces may have climbed, but the number of separations has decreased by almost the same amount," she says. "Before, when it came to divorce, Spain had very strange practices. Now we're more like other...
...interim President, the likes of Peréz have seen their power checked while pragmatists like Vice President Carlos Lage, 56, who share Raúl's less dogmatic economic-policy vision, have ascended. Also rising are younger army generals and other Raulistas like Raúl's son-in-law Colonel Luis Alberto Rodríguez, who is being groomed to oversee the large business enterprises, like tourism, controlled by the Revolutionary Armed Forces...
Latell foresees "cascading leadership changes" at the top involving younger army generals and other loyal raulistas, especially the military chief of staff, General Alvaro Lopez Miera, 63. Raul's son-in-law, Colonel Luis Alberto Rodriguez, is being groomed to take over the broad economic and business policy duties already held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces, including enterprises like the multibillion-dollar tourist concern Gaviota, which has helped keep Cuba afloat since the demise of its longtime benefactor, the Soviet Union...
...Kentucky wins, enough for the overall victory. The Wildcats took the No. 3 and No. 4 singles spots in straight sets and won at No. 6 in three sets. The most exciting match of the day came at the No. 5 spot between Crimson freshman Aba Omodele-Lucien and Alberto Gonzalez. The two traded sets before the third and most highly-contested set. After fighting off a match point on Omodele-Lucien’s serve, Gonzalez mustered up the energy to win the tiebreak, 7-6 (9-7), giving the Wildcats the necessary fourth point for the overall victory...