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...people respected Dionicio because he always respected them. He leaves behind a legacy of great optimism for the Mexican-American community. In his final years, he felt insulted by the onslaught of attacks on Mexicans by anti-immigrant bashers. But he stood firm in his belief that we would be strong enough to endure the attacks and would continue to make great contributions to this wonderful nation that he loved. Vaya con Dios, Don Dionicio...
...press has been a real player in this campaign. She walks into the house called America for the first time, puts down her bags and is greeted by an onslaught of the most personal kinds of criticisms and questionings. It was so offensive and wrong and it made people like me feel very protective of her. That having been said, we are the press - the reporters of the United States of America. We have every right to question this Vice Presidential candidate as we do every candidate for that office. I'm sorry they blew it with the unveiling...
...students returned to campus more than two weeks ago, the e-mail onslaught had already begun. But amidst club announcements and entryway meeting notifications, another, more troubling piece of mail arrived in each of our inboxes: a “Community Advisory” reporting an unarmed robbery in Cambridge Common...
...body comes under the hormonal assault of puberty. (Research suggests that the two events are not closely linked because brain development proceeds on schedule even when a child experiences early or late puberty.) For years, psychologists attributed the intense, combustible emotions and unpredictable behavior of teens to this biochemical onslaught. And new research adds fresh support. At puberty, the ovaries and testes begin to pour estrogen and testosterone into the bloodstream, spurring the development of the reproductive system, causing hair to sprout in the armpits and groin, wreaking havoc with the skin, and shaping the body to its adult contours...
...Tong said he hopes to attract international attention to the impending onslaught of what he called “environmental refugees,” not only for the sake of his own people, but also because he views Kiribati’s situation as a precursor to the larger problems to come...