Word: dover
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...success he imagined he'd be. But the specter of social alienation means little for those back in Fujian, who are nourished by stories of riches made from manning a wok. Even the tragedy of the 58 Fujianese who suffocated to death while being smuggled in a truck to Dover in 2000 did not dent interest in a passage to Britain, according to Fujian locals. "If you're from Fujian, everyone expects you to go overseas," Little Lin says. "Fortune only comes from leaving home...
...future without a significant hike in troop levels. That, defense officials say, is unlikely to change the dynamic on the ground and - absent some political push that achieves a semblance of peace - is only likely to continue the grim parade of the flag-draped coffins of U.S. troops into Dover Air Force Base...
...four neighborhoods discussed in “There Goes the Neighborhood” are “Beltway,” a mostly white neighborhood on the southwest side that has a growing second- and third-generation Latino population; “Dover,” a Polish neighborhood that now has a significant blue-collar Latino population; “Archer Park,” a longtime bastion of Latinos, home to many recent Mexican arrivals; and “Groveland,” a South Side neighborhood of middle class black residents and a seat of historic black...
...Hispanic Democratic Organization—or, as some have called it, the Hispanic Daley Organization, after Mayor Richard M. Daley—is closely allied with the machine’s white ethnics. Yet the HDO is never mentioned in the book, even though Beltway, Dover, and Archer Park are all areas with significant Hispanic populations...
...course will also hear from John E. Jones, the judge who presided over Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the landmark 2005 case that struck down the teaching of intelligent design in public schools...