Word: clara
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...approval. A former air force pilot and prisoner of war in Hanoi, Peterson is expected to leave July 15. RETIRED. GORDON MOORE, 72, Intel Corp. founder and articulator of "Moore's Law," a prediction that the number of transistors on a silicon chip will double every year; in Santa Clara, California. He will continue serving as chairman and director emeritus but will have no voting power. EXTRADITION UPHELD.Of FRANZ MEIJER 46, to the Netherlands for the 1983 kidnapping of beer magnate Alfred Heineken; in Paraguay. Meijer and four others abducted Heineken and his chauffeur in downtown Amsterdam and held them...
...downscale) market, not interested in English-language shows. Spanish-language networks draw 35% of prime-time Hispanic viewers, but that leaves plenty to compete for. And TV still at least pretends to reflect society at large. "A lot of these shows are set in New York and L.A.," says Clara Rodriguez, a sociology professor at Fordham University and editor of the anthology Latin Looks: Images of Latinas and Latinos in the U.S. Media. "We're representing the city as Hispanic-less...
...Moonstruck is an aria with big, wide emotions." And if you can't wait for these shows to make the long trip to the stage, the first post-Producers movie-inspired musical is already here: The It Girl, about the life of silent-screen-star Clara Bow, which New York City's York Theater Company has just opened off-Broadway...
With observation as keen and detail as truly rendered as Jessy's buildings, Clara has documented her daughter's journey from the isolation and limitations of her early years to the vastly increased social integration and competence she enjoys today. Not only does Jessy paint those exquisite paintings--some of which are reproduced in Exiting Nirvana--but she also works as a clerk in the Williams College mailroom, maintains her own bank account, reads the newspaper (of special interest: stories about disasters and deficits), and cleans the house she still shares with her elderly parents...
...Clara tells of the never-ending process of providing Jessy with the tools of everyday living, she illuminates what it is to be human. Though Jessy has not achieved full independence, her growth and development into her fifth decade are cause for celebration, not just for families with disabled children but for everyone. For all of us can see refracted in the image of Jessy Park our own inadequacies that we labor daily to correct and our own genius for which we seek the best expression...