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...freshman out of Western Branch High School in Chesapeake, Va., he stepped into a depleted secondary and was called on to start games with a cast protecting a broken hand. He was then squeezed out of a starter’s role as a sophomore, before shifting around from corner to weak-side safety. Tanner would start again, obviously. But he didn’t make a fuss either...
...opening salvo in the fight was made this week by Farmers Branch, a suburb of Dallas which is nearly 40% Hispanic. Despite protests in the streets and threats of lawsuits and boycotts, the city council voted to make English the official language and fine landlords who rent to illegal immigrants. In Austin, meanwhile, Republicans began trooping into the state Capitol with stacks of bills aimed at cutting off benefits to illegal aliens, taxing their remittances south of the border, and requiring proof of citizenship at the voting booth. The harshest bill would deny welfare and other benefits even...
...Hispanics in Texas plan to challenge the Farmers Branch ordinance in the courts and will battle bills like Berman's on every front. "This is a dark time for Latinos," says Rosa Rosales, a San Antonio resident and newly elected president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). "Can you imagine blaming children, trying to deny them medical care?" LULAC's former president, Hector Flores, who lives in the Dallas area, claims such conservative measures are "DOA on arrival" with the winds of change blowing through Washington. "These odious types of ordinances target Hispanics because of our growth...
...about drug use and American materialism felt less forced than correlating political rants by their English-speaking cast mates. Ashley Johnson (“Nearing Grace”) and Paul Dano (“Little Miss Sunshine”) complete the fast food trinity as employees at the local branch of Mickey’s, infusing teen angst with lofty activist undertones or unchecked crudeness, respectively. While most roles have at least a hollow function in the film, the most over-hyped actors play characters with no redeeming value whatsoever. Ethan Hawke’s (“Before Sunrise?...
Felipe’s could not be reached for comment yesterday. Asked whether a national chain will change the character of the Square, Liwerant noted that stores like Starbucks, the Gap, and Au Bon Pain already own franchises in the area—and that this particular Qdoba branch will be locally owned. “The important thing is the quality of your concept, not whether it’s a chain or not,” said Liwerant, who lives in the Square. The executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association (HSBA), Denise A. Jillson, said that...