Word: marked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Melissa August and Mark Thompson/Washington
That distrust, which runs in two directions, seems to touch everything in the district. Not long ago, Latino residents decided to rename one of the elementary schools after the late activist Cesar Chavez, as a mark of cultural pride. But on the day of the dedication, supporters of the name change showed up at the school to find a group of blacks there too--protesting. They thought the Latinos wanted to honor Julio Cesar Chavez, the boxer, and they disapproved. Recalls Matias Varela, a Hispanic resident who heads the county's arts council: "It was a total misunderstanding between...
...spend the past 10 months on the high road, talking issues to some 350 groups ranging from Republican-leaning CEOs in San Diego to farmers in the San Joaquin Valley. His dollars have also allowed him to lock up some of the hottest political talent, including Clinton pollster Mark Penn, Ted Kennedy's veteran media consultant Robert Shrum and California operative Darry Sragow, who is credited with masterminding last year's return by Democrats to a majority in the state assembly...
...Reported by Mark Thompson/Washington and Barry Hillenbrand/London
...this film rings true. The grief Sarajevo experienced during more than three years of siege was immediate and constant; any attempt to milk it for excess emotion would have missed the mark in the worst possible way, and despite its heartrending story, Welcome to Sarajevo manages not to. It captures the war's incessant rhythm, a constant call and response that made reflection a selfish luxury. "I'm all right," the main character tells his wife during a rare phone call from Sarajevo. Having said much the same in similarly inadequate calls, I know that he wasn't really...