Word: maria
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Neruda (Philippe Noiret), the communist poet in political exile on an Italian isle, introduces the postman (Troisi) to the verbal rapture of metaphors; aids him in winning over the sultry, feral Beatrice (Maria Grazia Cucinotta); then abandons Mario to return home. But the film's true poetry is in Troisi's face--gaunt and ethereal, like that of a Jesus in a Neapolitan pageant. The audience needs no subtitles to read the feelings in this man's brave, troubled heart...
...counters in Los Algodones--up from 3,000 a day just two years ago. The number of drugstores, meanwhile, has tripled over the past five years, from 10 to 30. Lately, Mexican dentists and optometrists have added their own discount services as well. "It's busier than ever," says Maria Dolores, head of a local tourist agency. "People find out that the dentists are good and the drugs are the same ones as in the U.S., so they tell their friends...
...somewhere between $15 billion and $20 billion of U.S. currency is in Russia, about 80% of it in the form of $100 bills. Everyone from small savers to businessmen to members of the Mafia relies on hundreds, so the changes in the bill are causing high anxiety. Last week Maria Meshkova, a single mother, was in line outside the Novogorodsky currency exchange in Moscow's Old Arbat Street. There was fear in her voice as she explained she had already changed her meager supply of $100 bills into smaller U.S. notes. Now she was back trying to split her last...
...MARIA RAMIREZ, 39, COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO: Teacher This year's Bilingual Teacher of the Year was born to migrant farm workers and grew up weeding crops throughout the Northwest. Ramirez went on to win a college scholarship, only to be stricken with a brain tumor in her junior year. After a long recovery she earned a master's degree. She now teaches Spanish to the staff in her school district, which is 47% Hispanic, as well as English to immigrants. "If you have a dream," she says, "work toward...
Adding to the frustration, Professor of German Maria M. Tatar's Fairy Tales and Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society James L. Watson's Chinese Family are expected not to be offered next year...