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...mosaic of family types. Spanish families are ever more urban and transient, and ever less grounded in faith and marriage. In 1975, 10,895 Spanish children were born out of wedlock; by 2006, it was 137,041. "Spanish family patterns have changed beyond recognition," says María del Mar González, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Seville. "Spain came late to democracy, but we have lost no time catching...
Deadlocked in a 1-1 tie at the start of the third period, freshman forward Michael Del Mauro hit junior forward Jimmy Fraser streaking towards the goal. Fraser deked the defenseman on his left shoulder before dumping a backhand into the net for the deciding goal...
...common thread of these losses is that of potential. We don’t know whether Dean would ever have replicated his early success, or whether Ledger would have turned in another performance like his turn as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain. Early death solidifies an actor’s trajectory at the beginning of its upward arc—we are a culture obsessed with what could have been—and so it is no wonder that James Dean’s face adorns many dorm room walls...
...1960s was a modernist boomtown. Croesan oil wealth and a powerful military dictatorship together created massive urban planning projects, built in the modernist style both by renowned American architects, like Philip Johnson, and South American practitioners of the style. The city was once called “pedacito del cielo”—a little piece of heaven. This is not just a nickname, but also seems to refer to the unfulfilled dream of a modernist utopia. Now, slums surround many of the geometric concrete surfaces and glass curtain walls of the mid-century expansion.Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck?...
Other hotels are designing sleep amenities to fit their individual personalities. At La Mansion del Rio in San Antonio, handcrafted worry dolls are placed in rooms every night, a nod to Yanaguana folklore, which promises that your cares will evaporate by dawn if you transfer them to the dolls as you sleep. The Milliken Creek Inn & Spa in Napa Valley, Calif., offers a package that includes the Good Night Sleep Kit by Deepak Chopra. And at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, the "vibe manager" will create a playlist of mellow music (ranging from Simon and Garfunkel to Morcheeba...