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...hair look great?” Her thoughts bound from the invisible killers to the way her friend has been made up by the funeral home. But as Rivera’s personal investigation into Olga María’s murder progresses, her thoughts gain a more narrow urgency. Rivera’s postulations span entire pages, as she weaves possible explanations for what has occurred, evoking the terror and despair of El Salvador in the wake of violence...
Moya uses the cloud of suspicion that surrounds Olga María’s murder to illustrate the extent of the corruption in San Salvador as a microcosm of humanity at large and how even the perpetrators of heinous acts can gain impunity with enough power behind them. Rivera’s paranoia and frustration surrounding her friend’s murder only grow as she realizes there is no one above suspicion...
...only Detroit automaker to avoid bankruptcy and federal bailouts--reported $1 billion in third-quarter profits, helped in large part by an increase in market share as Chrysler's sales continued to lag. GM, the nation's largest car manufacturer, posted its first year-over-year monthly sales gain in 21 months, selling 177,603 vehicles last month, up 5.3% from October...
...have my daughter over in Iraq, flying around in a Blackhawk, dodging bullets in a convoy when we were running against each other in 2005, and for my daughters to be encouraged by me to gain master's degrees - for him to suggest that I somehow don't support women in the workplace is insulting." - In response to attacks by his Democratic opponent, Creigh Deeds, on his controversial thesis (ABC News...
...France besides extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen would even take it up in public. But times have changed. Twenty years after Le Pen's National Front Party (FN) became a political force in France, its view that immigration is threatening the French national identity is starting to gain wider acceptance. Now, the government is putting the issue front and center for the first time by encouraging people to have a vigorous national debate about what it means to be French in the 21st century...