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...border than any other of the 56 indigenous groups in Mexico, such as the Maya and the Zapotecs. It's easy to see why in Santa Cruz, where farmers still till the soil with oxen and wooden plows. But about five years ago, villagers like Olivia Mendoza, Bautista's aunt, decided to invest remittances in something more productive than pickup trucks and wide-screen TVs. "It was time to use that treasure to find ways to bring our families back together," says Mendoza, 40. With help from the Association of Mexican Social Sector Credit Unions (AMUCSS), they pooled...
...able to understand the life of someone in Valentino’s shoes. That’s the measure of success for me.”This may seem a counterintuitive assertion coming from Eggers, who reviewed Edward P. Jones’ short story collection “All Aunt Hagar’s Children” for the New York Times Book Review last August. But Eggers said his goals as a reviewer are appreciative rather than evaluative.“I write reviews when I love a book and I feel like I can explain...
...Family and friends have been supportive for the two most recent Baha’i converts at Harvard. Boothe cites her family’s varied religious background as a cause of their openness. “Having an aunt who was a Muslim, knowing that there wasn’t really anything wrong with other religions” factored into their acceptance of the switch, she says...
...blood from the floor and hiding the body. Meanwhile, an element of the supernatural appears in the form of Irene (Carmen Maura). She is the deceased mother of hardworking Raimunda and kind Sole (Lola Duenas), as well as the sister of senile Paula (Chus Lampreave). Irene joins Sole after Aunt Paula’s passing and attempts to address issues left unresolved before her death. Almodovar celebrates women. He is a master at portraying the nuances of the fairer sex, made evident in previous films such as “All About My Mother?...
...chivalric protectiveness that will endear him to lovely Lady M., and might prove to her that he's not a troubled child but a heroic man. Now we're tiptoeing toward Oedipus Rex: Will Hannibal kill a man in order to have sex with his aunt...