Word: mexicans
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Like so many other tales of cruise-ship crime, Janet Kelly's story begins with a cocktail and ends with a confidentiality agreement. Six years ago, on the last night of a Mexican cruise returning to Los Angeles, the Arizona businesswoman stopped at a poolside bar before dinner. The bartender, who in the days prior had been friendly but not overly flirtatious, handed her a fruity concoction that had an unwanted kick. Kelly, who is convinced that the drink was drugged, says she felt her legs go rubbery and her mind turn to mush as the bartender...
...wall” will alleviate domestic immigration tensions, preventing undocumented workers from entering U.S. soil. In reality, this frail three-foot high metal fence, a product of popular misconceptions about immigration, is unlikely to significantly reduce undocumented immigration and merely serves as a symbol of xenophobia and ignorance. Most Mexicans do not view crossing the border as a right—if Mexicans believed this, they would be crossing conspicuously, in broad daylight rather than digging tunnels or hiring “coyotes” to smuggle them across the border. Mexicans are well aware that...
...first trip to Harvard, Salma Hayek collected some unique souvenirs. As the host of The Harvard Foundation’s 21st Annual Cultural Rhythms show last Saturday, the half-Lebanese, Mexican-born “Frida” actress received marriage proposals from Harvard students (shouted from smitten audience members) and even saw other performing students “naked...
...despite her burgeoning Hollywood appeal and fan base, Hayek has remained close to her Mexican roots and is a passionate activist and generous benefactor for social causes affecting her native country, including domestic violence prevention. Indeed, as the Harvard Foundation’s 2006 Artist of the Year, Hayek was recognized for both serving as a dedicated advocate for humanitarian causes and for her achievements in film...
Hayek was born in Mexico to Mexican and Lebanese parents. She was nominated for an Acadmey Award for her 2002 performance in Frida. In addition to her acting, Hayek has championed a variety of social causes, including domestic violence prevention and environmentalism...