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...Coatetelco has become more convenient and less expensive since his return. At the end of each month, he gets a call from his two sons, who are working illegally in Georgia. They give him a code number, and he drives or rides his horse four miles to the nearest Western Union, located in a government telegraph office, to pick up the $600 they spent $40 to wire to him. Less expensive remittance services are available at the nearby Banamex bank in Mazatepec, but so far, Patricio and his neighbors aren't willing to travel the eight miles to get there...
...persuaded their original carrier to give them an extension--which expired at the end of last week. What next? Will they change specialties? Will they change addresses to a less litigious state? And what of their 6,000 patients, who would have to drive an hour to the nearest lung specialist, in Chicago? "We doctors can move on," says Sosenko, tilting back in his office chair. "But our patients...
Columbia, the Crimson’s nearest competitor, finished two seconds back, while the rest of the Grand Final field—Georgetown, Cornell, Princeton and Delaware—couldn’t come within three seconds of the Harvard varsity...
...Crimson posted a time of 5:54.94 in the Grand Final, two seconds ahead of its nearest competitor, Columbia. Princeton followed in third (6:06.29) and Navy, who beat Harvard in dual competition earlier this season, pulled in for fourth place...
...supplies stockpiled. When or if the camps materialize, their primary purpose is "to ensure the safety and well-being of civilians," foreign ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa told reporters. I spoke to villagers outside Lhokseumawe who were convinced they would soon be moved to a camp next to the nearest military base, where they feared they would be used as human shields against GAM attacks or brutalized by Indonesian troops...