Word: marisas
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...suede and fake cherries?were perfect. The heels?each six or seven inches of unsupported rubber crepe?were not. The models wearing them bounced and buckled down the runway at Clark's fashion show in the Royal Court. But never mind. The It-girls of the day?Bianca Jagger, Marisa Berenson?loved them despite the wobble. If the exhibition lacks anything, it's the stories like this one that lie behind the shoes...
...He’s done a lot to turn the program around,” said choir member Marisa W. Green ’04. “[When Somerville arrived] the choir was falling apart at the seams. He brought it to national and international prominence...
...Marisa Garcia was a senior in high school that fateful night when she was stopped by the police near her California home. Her car was inspected, and a small pipe containing marijuana resin was found. Garcia received a ticket for marijuana possession, went to court, paid a $400 fine, and thought the matter was finished. She was wrong...
...thanks to a provision Congress inserted into the Higher Education Act (HEA) when it was reauthorized in 1998, the financial aid office promptly replied that she was no longer eligible for money. Marisa Garcia, who until that moment had every reason in the world to expect a bright, college-bound future, was devastated that she would not have enough money to attend the following fall. Marisa was not alone. In the 2001-2002 school year around 43,000 students were denied federal aid because of their response to Question 35; many of those denials were for possession of small amounts...
After postponing her life for a year, Marisa again became eligible for aid and did end up attending Cal State, Fullerton. Unfortunately, however, Marisa’s case is far from the norm; on the contrary, many young people from low-income families, instead of applying to college a second time, enter the workforce at minimum pay and remain there for life, simply because their families need immediate sources of income. It is these young people who are marginalized so that the politicians on Capitol Hill can ensure hard-working Americans that their tax dollars won?...