Word: bergerons
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...Both the 18th Street and MS were originally started by Salvadorans in Los Angeles to fight the Mexican gangs, and then spread to San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C. They thrive on robberies, extortion and "taxing" the street drug dealers. Says Russ Bergeron, INS media director, "We have a fundamental obligation to protect our American citizens from the threat posed by gang violence." And however ill-equipped Central American countries may be to cope with these criminals bred in U.S. cities, other governments have an obligation to take back their nationals, says the INS. But as San Pedro Sula...
...saying that kids shouldn't play sports or even that they shouldn't train. But "you shouldn't be training a 9-to-12-year-old to be a superstar," says Dr. Michael Bergeron of the Medical College of Georgia. "You should be thinking down the road so they can be that superstar at 18." That's what some training centers are now aiming to do. The coaches at BlueStreak Sports Training in Stamford, Conn., for example, assess each athlete's risk for knee injury, paying particular attention to girls, who are six times as likely as boys to injure...
...result is the Big Phat Band, the powerhouse 18-piece ensemble that Goodwin formed in 2000. Made up of topflight studio musicians, it plays Goodwin's complex, bristling arrangements with hair-raising virtuosity. "There are no passengers in this band," says lead trumpeter Wayne Bergeron. "Everybody can drive...
Claudia Wallis' wonderful account of the accomplishments of a couple with Down syndrome [July 24] noted that they both graduated from high school. Carrie Bergeron went on to Herkimer County Community College in upstate New York, where she received a teacher's aide certificate, and Sujeet Desai graduated from the Berkshire Hills Music Academy in South Hadley, Mass., a postsecondary program for young-adult musicians with cognitive or developmental disabilities. And both have found meaningful work based on their dreams--Carrie in child care and Suj as a performer...
...Hindu ritual the week before--but the rest of the 140 people present, Pastor Paulson included, are fighting back tears. In the congregation, wearing expressions of awe and envy, are half a dozen friends from the National Down Syndrome Congress, which holds an annual meeting for adults with DS. Bergeron and Desai met at one of those sessions two years ago. ("I told my mom I wanted to date her," Desai recalls. "I was shy. I couldn't say anything, so Mom helped.") Both bride and groom are high achievers, advocates and role models within the DS community...