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Passing Proposition 187 -- known as the "Save our State" initiative -- would send a message to Washington that "we cannot educate every child from here to Tierra del Fuego," Wilson says. The proposition is breathtaking in its scope: it would render all illegal aliens ineligible for such state social services as welfare, food stamps and health care -- except the emergency care required by federal law -- and all public schooling, from kindergarten to state colleges and universities. State and local agencies would be required to report suspected illegals to the state attorney general and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the sale...
Bobby S. Fred also uses an alias to run an independent record label -- which he refuses to name -- and to edit a post-punk zine called Bobby Is Fred. He makes his living stuffing burritos at a Del Taco in Los Angeles. Unlike wannabes who prowl Sunset Plaza looking to get noticed, Bobby craves obscurity. He enjoys saying his favorite activity is eating at such trendy restaurants as Spago -- by serving himself from the Dumpster out back. "Look, this is a nation of disenfranchised kids," says Bobby. "The reason we don't talk to the mainstream media is because...
...shortage of modern drugs, herbal medicines -- Cuba produces 300 different types -- are making a vigorous comeback. "People used to say only witches and the uneducated used herbs, but as times and politics have changed, we have turned to medicina verde," says Dr. Majmud Gomez, a family doctor in Pinar del Rio. He uses herbal preparations to treat a variety of conditions, from parasites to a problem caused by the soap shortage, an itch for which he prescribes a pomade made from the majagua tree...
Throughout Europe, the past is staging a comeback, and its presence is not comforting. Last week in Rome, its shadows intruded again. A band of what Italians call "Nazi-skins" invaded Casa del popolo, a social center for immigrants. Shouting "Bastards, we're going to kill you," they threatened to throw Molotov cocktails into the building on the Via di Valle Aurelia. A 17- year-old immigrant suffered serious head injuries after being bludgeoned with an iron...
Shearman has written major books on Raphael,Leonardo, Andrea del Sarto, Nicholas Poussin andFra Bartolommeo, as well as having cataloguedQueen Elizabeth II's early Italian paintingcollection...