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DIED. Peter Boyle, 71, actor who created some of show biz's most memorable eccentrics, both comedic and brutal, in films including Taxi Driver (a philosophical cabbie) and The Candidate (a shrewd campaign manager) and on the TV hit Everybody Loves Raymond (the title character's hilariously insensitive dad); of multiple myeloma and heart disease; in New York City. He chose acting after an unhappy stint as a monk and won seven Emmy nominations as Frank Barone on Raymond. His signature was finding vulnerability or humor in flawed characters, as in a masterly scene from the 1974 film Young Frankenstein...
...family read Poniewozik's article. My grandparents were from Mexico. My parents were born in the U.S. and grew up in a mainly Mexican community. They were raised to be bilingual and bicultural and graduated high school at a time when they were forbidden to speak Spanish there. My dad is a Korean War veteran. My brothers and I attended college. I married a Mexican farmworker with a green card. ˇDios mio! I remember a time when we rarely saw a brown face in the media. Immigrants remain the hardworking, grateful backbone of this great country's stability...
...album seems to belong as much to Theodore Unit (Ghostface’s posse, which includes his 17-year-old son Sun God) as to the man himself. Unfortunately, none of his apprentices can approach his level of skill, although Sun God does manage to sound older than dad. Ghostface doesn’t even appear in “Gotta Hold On,” a track that seems somewhat out of place on the album both rhythmically and lyrically. There is also a “Back Like That” remix featuring Kanye West, who provides here...
...less power than conventional mini bulbs. LEDs, which cast a bright white light, also stay cool to the touch so they won't singe the tree-or your child's fingers. Brookstone.com's oversized multicolored LEDs-$10 per 12-ft. strand-look just like the lights Dad used...
When she explained her plans to quit science for music, “they were relieved that it wasn’t some terrible news,” Garwin says. “My dad asked me some questions about how I was going to support myself...