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...Barry's portrait of her mother, a Filipino immigrant with a nasty streak. The story titled, "The Aswang," ostensibly about a legendary Filipino monster, turns into a fascinating examination of how dysfunctional mother-daughter relationships can turn lead to loving grandmother-granddaughter relationships. While most of the stories hew closely to the coming-of-age theme, Barry occasionally slips in a piece, like the one about the 2000 presidential election fiasco, that doesn't really jibe with the rest of the book...
Noting his past achievements, the Carter administration asked Richmond to return to public service as HEW assistant secretary...
Hale Champion, former Harvard vice president for financial affairs also left Cambridge to take a top post as undersecretary of the department of HEW...
Though he had supported another candidate, Champion was unexpectedly offered the HEW sub-Cabinet position...
Patricia A. Graham, Warren professor of the history of American education, says her appointment as the director of the National Institute of Education (NIE) was influenced by her acquaintence with Champion, who was directly involved in filling the vacant positions within HEW...