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Less than 10 miles from the Mexican border, a vacant lot in Sierra Vista, Ariz., looks like a trash dump. Between the chaparral and scrub oaks are backpacks, sweatshirts, jeans, sneakers, used toilet paper and water bottles filled with urine. Chris Simcox, a small-town newspaper owner, flips through a book he picked out of the refuse titled Aprenda Ingles sin Maestro (Learn English Without a Teacher), shakes his head and says, "Welcome to the invasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do-It-Yourself Border Patrol | 3/28/2005 | See Source »

...most part, both teams were content to dump and chase, each taking home that critical point at the final buzzer...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey's Ivy Title Hopes Disappear on Roadtrip | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

Another townsperson won over by canine charm is Gloria Dump, (Cicely Tyson) the town eccentric who “sees better with her heart than her eyes.” She inhabits a house in the backfields filled with oddities such as a massive tree decorated with whiskey bottles from her younger days. Her too-obvious name, describing her flyaway hair and mismatched rags, makes for another trite attempt at cleverness by the writers of a banal movie...

Author: By Julie Y. Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Because of Winn-Dixie Review | 2/18/2005 | See Source »

Another townsperson won over by canine charm is Gloria Dump, (Cicely Tyson) the town eccentric who “sees better with her heart than her eyes.” She inhabits a house in the backfields filled with oddities such as a massive tree decorated with whiskey bottles from her younger days. Her too-obvious name, describing her flyaway hair and mismatched rags, makes for another trite attempt at cleverness by the writers of a banal movie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO HEADLINE | 2/18/2005 | See Source »

...among Western nations, which he believes remains their most effective means of leverage behind the Palestinian negotiating position. By ending violence, Abbas hopes to restore that support - and some of his backers have even suggested that a more moderate posture from the Palestinians will persuade the Israeli electorate to dump Sharon and elect a government more inclined to complete the Oslo process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Abbas and Sharon Succeed? | 2/8/2005 | See Source »

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