Word: gallegos
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...rich should be more careful," warns National University social science professor Carlos Gallego, referring to a plethora of magazines that depict a free-spending lifestyle of "polo and yacht clubs, exclusive parties, cars, horses and trips," a lifestyle he says is "unattainable for 98% of the Mexican population in a country where more than 42% live under the poverty line." He is careful to make clear that this lifestyle is not in itself a reason for the increase in kidnappings, but he argues that it is another factor of the social discontent that contributes to the breakdown of institutions...
...award later that year. He was also awarded the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award by the school’s Alumni Association. Columbia students were informed of his death by e-mail on Friday. Faculty in his department were shocked by the death. The head of his department, Professor Guillermo Gallego, said that Shahbuddin was especially close to students and felt particularly responsible for them. His family called him very popular among students. “It’s been a big shock to all of us. We’re very sad we’ve lost such...