Word: altos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after attending the University of Texas and the University of Wyoming, Hogue, then 25, enrolled at Palo Alto, California High School under not just one, but two aliases, as Riivk Huntsman and Jay Mitchell Huntsman. Claiming his parents were killed in Bolivia, Hogue told officials he was raised on a commune...
Check forgery was Hogue's next gambit. In 1986, he was arrested in Palo Alto for writing false checks, but according to police reports, charges against him were dropped. Later that year, Hogue resurfaced in Vail, Co. posing as Stanford Ph.D. and bioengineer Dr. James Hogue...
EAST PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, SUFFERS ONE OF THE HIGHEST homicide rates in the nation. As a result, teachers in the Ravenswood Elementary City School District often find themselves chipping in as much as $500 to help defray the funeral expenses of a student caught in the cross fire. But since minimum expenses for funerals tend to run two to three times as high, the district is facing a grim decision. Next week the school board will discuss whether to buy life insurance for its students in order to make sure that funerals are covered. Since most of the students...
...Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians. The newest album from THE SUNDAYS, Blind, shows an unexpected durability of that format as well as a band that succeeds by smartly playing from its strengths. Sundays lead singer Harriet Wheeler deserves much of the credit. Front and center is her floating, shimmering alto, unfurling like a silken ribbon and ringing like brass. Her lyrics are ordinary but agilely delivered. David Gavurin's well-balanced compositions and sweet, guitar-led arrangements provide Wheeler with an intricately detailed yet unobtrusive backdrop. Sometimes pop works best when it keeps its own limits in mind...
...women's basketball team has a less grueling schedule, but a significantly less festive set of holiday parties. Harvard plays second-ranked Stanford tonight in the opening round of the Fry's/Cardinal Classic in Palo Alto...