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...what doctors in Tijuana call la ola verde--the "green wave" of Southern California residents washing into the border city's medical clinics. Attracted by low prices and easy access, cash-paying travelers, most of them Latino, have for years come from as far north as San Francisco to obtain medical and dental care in Tijuana and other border towns. But these days, the patients are carrying fewer greenbacks and more plastic insurance cards, as a growing number of U.S. health-insurance companies offer bargain prices for those willing to get their care in Mexico...
...after obtaining dual undergraduate degrees from Spelman College in physics and from the Georgia Institute of Technology in electrical engineering, Hammonds went to MIT to obtain a masters degree in physics. She earned that degree in 1980 and spent five years in the computer software industry...
...about the matter, Kiarostami gives a modest shrug of resignation. "Perhaps you should write a piece on the role of terrorists in filmmaking," he says. New U.S. immigration rules require a 90-day background check on some visa applicants, making it especially difficult for men from Muslim countries to obtain entry permits. When Kiarostami - whose 1997 Taste of Cherry won the best picture award at Cannes - submitted his visa request at the U.S. embassy in Paris, he learned he would not be granted one before December. Another director might have called a press conference to denounce the Americans. But with...
...Depending on where we want to add them, we need to obtain permission from the Cambridge Historical Commission,” Gingo says. “We can’t simply decide to add a rack at a location because we observe that an area could...
While the steering committee’s plan is addressed to Joseph S. Nye, dean of the Kennedy School of Government, it is aimed at the University’s central administration, from which CID hopes to obtain a new lease on life...