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...?dolo de L?pez, al que el comediante convenci? para que realizara el programa. A?n recuper?ndose de un transplante de ri??n, L?pez se ha asegurado de que su equipo de trabajo emplee Latinos y miembros de otras minor?as. "Entrar a nuestro plat? es como ir a Costco", dice. El comediante aspira a que los j?venes latinos que siguen su programa, vean -como ?l lo hizo con Prinze padre cuando hac?a Chico and the Man- que ellos tambi?n pueden tener ?metas, no s?lo sue?os. Lo que es un sue?o para un ni?o mexicano, para los ni?os anglos es una meta...
...chiste. No es secreto que Richardson, de 57 a?os, aspira a la Casa Blanca en el 2008 si es reelegido el pr?ximo a?o como gobernador. Puede que su nombre no sea tan conocido, pero su curr?culo es impresionante: siete per?odos en la C?mara de Representantes, embajador en las Naciones Unidas, secretario de Energ?a durante el gobierno de Bill Clinton y el a?o pasado, el primer hispano a la cabeza de la convenci?n dem?crata. Pero su nombre est? tambi?n ligado a controversias: el mes pasado un juez federal nombr? a Richardson como la probable fuente que di? a la prensa informaci?n...
There is also private help -- though not nearly enough -- for kids at the other end of the socioeconomic ruler. Some poor and minority students are lucky enough to get advice from a nonprofit group like Aspira of America, where their special needs are recognized. Parents of these students "really don't understand how to help their kids pursue their education, let alone help them complete the forms," says Aida Sanchez-Romano, executive director of Aspira's Chicago branch. The organization stands ready to help its former students who call on it during the tough first year of college life...
This mutual lack of admiration was never more obvious than in the way that Johnson handled Bobby's aspira tions to be his vice-presidential running mate, and it is in recounting that incident that White's book strikes most of its sparks. With Bobby-for-Vice-President trial balloons going up all over the country, the President in late July 1964 summoned the Attorney General to the White House. Versions differ, more in tone than detail, as to just what happened, and White gives both sides...
...students seem to view their four years or more in the university as the prerequisite to a "degree" and thus to a good job. A B.A. or B.S. degree brings immediate prestige along with the prospect of economic security. In India's status-conscious and economically precarious society, both aspira...
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