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...this unholy trinity, Breslin brings adventure, excitement and a commuter version of West Side Story. His three principal characters are Teenager, a Caribbean-born drug dealer; Maximo, a young Harvard-educated lawyer with a desire to serve his Latin community; and Nicki, daughter of a gang boss, who lives in New Jersey with her parents while her hus band serves time in prison...
...past and American future, Max imo has the makings of a tragic figure, "his feet slipping each time he tried to turn about." Nicki, foulmouthed, man hungry and bound by family code and prejudice, is almost endearing as she figuratively holds her nose to conduct a secret affair with Maximo...
...happens to have a home in Makati himself, says he is happy to see the Japanese firms move out of Manila, adds that "if they don't go, I'll force them out by running cockroach inspections for health hazards or something." Responds Makati's mayor, Maximo Estrella, 62: "I don't care what Villegas thinks. They are welcome here as long as no national law is passed banning them." Given the protectionist feelings of many Filipinos, enactment of such a law is an ever-present possibility. In the meantime,' however, Manila's loss...
Though he is besieged by troubles, Marcos is a long way from being beaten. In fact, the very gravity of the present situation may work in his favor. "The stakes are much too high," writes Manila Times Columnist Maximo...
...Ithaca, Detective Maximo Jiminez donned dirty trousers and bright shirts, frequented the Collegetown area fringing the Cornell campus to gain the confidence of students. His work led to the arrest of 23 people, including one student from Cornell and another from Ithaca College, for selling or possessing LSD and marijuana. A Long Island University student, Andrew Gluck, 22, was accused of being a major supplier of drugs in Ithaca. Some of the sales, police contend, were made in Willard Straight Hall, Cornell's student union...