Word: gonzalez
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...evidence against Pedro Miguel Gonzalez was strong. Three eyewitnesses said they saw him gun down U.S. Army Sergeant Zak Hernandez in 1992, days before a scheduled visit to Panama by President George Bush. The vehicle used in the shooting was found abandoned at the Gonzalez family ranch, the alleged murder weapon buried at Gonzalez's sister's workplace. Nevertheless, on Nov. 1, after years of delay and controversy, a jury found Gonzalez, the son of the head of Panama's ruling party, innocent of murder, setting off an explosion of indignation. In a replay of the rhetorical battles that marked...
...find that it's the tenured professors who are generally the least helpful," said Gabriella C. Gonzalez, a third-year graduate student in sociology. "Professors come here and are pretty much given carte blanche. I think we have to say that this system doesn't work...
...voted no. I don't like grapes enough to override the fact that workers are being exploited," said Pilar C. Gonzalez...
...many cities it has already led to bitter face-offs. In Dallas the school district's first Hispanic superintendent, Yvonne Gonzalez, resigned in September amid corruption charges brought by black employees; in response, Hispanic leaders demanded that the black associate superintendent who led the assault on Gonzalez step down too. In an episode in Washington early this year, Hispanic parents accused an African-American principal of taping the mouths of two Latino students who had allegedly cursed their teacher, and parading one of them through the school. The city's superintendent immediately pledged to hire more bilingual teachers...
...Dead] is a way of remembering people who have died, dealing communally with grief but also celebrating their lives with them," said Maria Elena Gonzalez, one of the organizers of the event and a graduate student at the Divinity School...