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...came to the U.S. legally," says one Decatur plaintiff from Bolivia, who chose to remain unidentified for fear of recrimination. "But people took advantage of our economic desperation and the result is modern-day slavery...
...aspires to extend his domain over Sparta, brings perhaps the most unique acting background to the movie. Having done work in films that involve questions of sexuality, most notably playing a transvestite in 2003’s “Carandiru,” Santoro explains that he chose to portray Xerxes as a character whose gender was fundamentally ambiguous.“I try to not be feminine or masculine,” Santoro says of playing Xerxes. “I try to be asexual in a way, because he’s such a creature. When...
...price point was a steal. The Times would have footed the bill for delivery, and Harvard would have received eighty newspapers for ten weeks for just over $1,700 dollars, amounting to just 40 cents a copy (the Times sells for a dollar on newsstands). The UC chose not to fund copies of The Times partly in order to have more funds for student groups. The UC’s annual budget is about $410,000, which, after setting aside money for House Committees (HoCos), the party fund, and operations leaves about $290,000 to be given out to student...
...down, it was also a rebuke to that hermetic power-sharing arrangement at the top of the White House. The legal outcome was never in doubt. Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald had been massing evidence of perjury for months and then unveiled it piece by piece until even the defendant chose not to testify in his own defense. Libby's highly touted defense lawyers, meanwhile, seemed weak and scattered. Their promise to reveal how the White House had left Libby to be the fall guy for higher-ups was introduced and then abandoned. And it would have taken them down...
...father's instincts have never been the son's. Replacing the Veep now would create exactly the unpleasant succession scenario Bush had hoped to avoid when he chose Cheney in the first place. He didn't want someone soaking up all the attention and energy as he headed into his last 18 months in office. It seemed like a good idea at the time...