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...Staff writer Naveen N. Srivatsa can be reached at srivatsa@fas.harvard.edu...
Across the river, biology graduate student Sebastián Vélez is weaving his bike through morning rush hour, his six-year-old daughter in tow. Their finances are better now than they’ve been in years. Mariana’s clothes come from stores, instead of the Salvation Army. She gets a piano lesson once a week. And last year, Sebastián even took her and her step-sister, whom he also helps support, to Niagara Falls for a weekend. Not long ago, Sebastián won the equivalent of the grad student lottery...
...highly coveted post in one of Harvard’s undergraduate Houses comes with an apartment, a set number of meals per week, and a convenient location—five minutes by bike from his lab and 10 from Mariana’s elementary school, where Sebastián is pedaling...
...among some conservative Spanish politicians and lawyers, Garzón's high profile is viewed with disdain. "He's not a typical judge," says Araceli Manjón-Cabeza, a professor of criminal law at Madrid's Cumplutense University and a colleague of Garzón's. "And the Spanish judiciary doesn't typically look well on magistrates who draw attention to themselves." That may be an understatement. There are currently two other pending cases against the judge in addition to the one involving the Franco investigation. Garzón is also being investigated for dismissing financial misappropriation charges against...
...Manjón-Cabeza, the sudden convergence of the three cases against Garzón raises eyebrows. "What a coincidence that someone who has been a bother for so long suddenly has three cases brought against him," she says. "This hunt has only been possible because his opponents have finally found a way to work together...