Word: diaz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fashion families Versace and Ferragamo have hit upon hotels as brand extensions, while Island Records founder Chris Blackwell's laid-back Island Outpost retreats in the Caribbean have become destinations in their own right. With help from pals Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, Andre Balazs, the owner of Los Angeles' fabled Chateau Marmont, recently added the Standard, a retro-kitsch palace for young, hard-partying hipsters, complete with inflatable sofas and an AstroTurf pool deck. Balazs hopes to create a chain of anti-Best Westerns...
...There are stories that seem to circulate, the same stories every year. I can never get a handle on where they started from," said Kathleen Diaz, UHS' patient advocate...
...investigate complaints and try and resolve them. We don't see huge numbers of misdiagnoses or malpractice [charges]," said Diaz, who works three to four days a week in the UHS office responding to students' complaints. Diaz and the other panelists said students should file their complaints with UHS quickly in order to have their concerns responded...
...again. Rejected again. On the third try, he made it. It was an early sign: what Martin lacked in talent he made up for in pure doggedness. "He was small, not a big singer, and his voice was not so good then," recalls the group's manager, Edgardo Diaz. "But we thought he could learn a lot by being with the group...
Over the years reports have surfaced that the social and emotional lives of the kids in Menudo were poorly supervised, even neglected. Diaz will admit only that the group did have "problems," though he denies he was the root cause. Says Diaz: "I think a lot of problems come from the house, from the family, some of the parents the kids have." Martin, Diaz says, actually fared better than most. "Ricky had that special personality, like a charm," says Diaz. "He could handle himself...