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Martinez is a fanatic for self-improvement. He trains rigorously and studies hitters' tendencies diligently. Born and reared in the Dominican Republic, he has made himself fluent in English and even speaks a little French from his years in Montreal. He is a sensitive man who tends a flower garden--a pastime handed down by his mother--and readily accepts his responsibility as a role model. He's single, but he doesn't run with a bar-hopping pack. During the season, he lives west of Boston, drives himself to the ballpark and is unfailingly courteous to fans and free...
...Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, an independent think tank, the U.S. is home to about 26.3 million immigrants, defined as people living in the U.S. who are foreign born and have permission to stay permanently. India's 722,000 is less than the number from the Dominican Republic. Some 15,000 to 20,000 Indians get student visas to the U.S. each year, and many manage to land jobs after graduation and stay on. But Japan gets three times that number, and South Korea double. The only category in which India really leads immigration statistics is the number...
...make some people very angry. They may have tried to balance it with Shaft's sidekick, Carmen Vasquez, but she's played by Vanessa Williams, and aside from her name there's nothing particularly Latina about her - unlike the bad guy Peoples, who is a screamingly camp, caricatured Dominican drug dealer. But when the original came out you didn't have the culture jam-packed with images of black athletes, actors and musicians defining what was cool. Back then, the very fact of having an aggressive, rebellious, stylish, smart black man as its hero thrilled audiences. Now you see Samuel...
...been known to give aides a list of candidates and ask, "What does Terry think?" McAuliffe is a centrist who claims he never takes up "issues" with the President. But Democratic sources say he can take credit for about 25 diplomatic postings from Madrid to Malta to the Dominican Republic...
...Dutta, the new Miss Universe 2. Change for a fin 3. Minor player 4. One of the "Two Virgins" 5. Suffix with dull or drunk 6. Winner of the Dominican presidential election 7. He established the organization that is taking over U.P.I. 8. Subsidiary of this company makes 5-Across 9. Buddy of the Clintons 10. Geraint's lady 11. Isthmus constructions 12. One of two kinds of U.S.N.A. grads 17. Again, in music 19. Like a noted Beethoven minuet 20. Baseball's Garciaparra 21. Wanderer 22. The FDA approved it in 1987 23. Gidget portrayer Sandra 24. La Cage...