Word: francisco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...worst since the 1930s. But the bad cops of that era, who took bribes of French champagne from madams and cash from bootleggers and gamblers, almost seem like nostalgic Humphrey Bogart types compared with the officers who ruined the life of a 19-year-old kid named Javier Francisco Ovando...
...three friends have been in the same city for only 12 hours. Thomas moved here from Germany. Luis quit his job in Colombia. Amar arrived this morning from Tokyo via Vancouver. Now they are sitting at Elroys, a restaurant on a deserted block in San Francisco, talking about the business they are starting together. "We're so happy right now," Thomas says. "This is an adventure. We're jumping into the cold water, and it feels great." It's surprising that he doesn't go for a Gold Rush analogy, as people here tend to do once per conversation. Surprising...
...casually bandied around ideas for an Internet business. Then, after spending New Year's together in Japan, they decided to make their move. In mid-August, Thomas drove his Porsche to his office and handed over the keys. Two hours later, he was on a plane bound for San Francisco. Luis left behind most of his family and a new fiance. "The only thing that bothered me was that my grandparents are old," he says. "I wondered whether that might be my last goodbye...
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...seeking to make his city a cultural metropolis by establishing exchange programs with major U.S. cities. Fresh off of visits to Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Washington D.C., Ma came to Boston to meet with Mayor Thomas M. Menino...