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...morning of Sept. 18, Collin Burton stopped at Central Sqaure's Hi-Fi Pizza on his way home from a night in Harvard Square. According to police reports, after an argument with the occupants of a green Ford Bronco, Burton banged his fist on the jeep's hood. The Bronco's passenger fired once into Burton's chest. He died the following morning...
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...mags have slavered over women before--remember Vargas girls?--but with an affect of gentlemen's-club exclusivity. Young men turned to them as tutors in the mysteries of manhood. Today youths prefer populist outlets like Maxim and TV's The Man Show, which toast an uncomplicated guy-hood. Details, finally, didn't party hard enough...
...dining car, you can see gulls and great blue herons wheeling close by, ducks paddling in the marshes and even furry, bewhiskered sea otters that frolic in the water and clamber up the beach toward you. If the day is clear, you can catch glimpses of Mount Hood and Mount Rainier, and you'll pass forests of fir and cedar. For man-made wonders, look for the formidable container ships in Seattle's harbor and the giant Boeing plant. Whether you travel north or south on the Cascades, be sure to nab a waterside seat www.amtrakcascades.com 800-USA-RAIL...
Quinonez knows this 'hood--readers may have to remind themselves that this is a work of fiction and not a memoir. His prose, detailed and passionate, brings the tale to life. Though operating from different moral bases, Chino and Bodega share the same dream: to make Spanish Harlem a neighborhood where moving up doesn't have to mean moving...