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...defending and attacking the rights of undocumented immigrants in their search for citizenship, stories of the migrants that made it, who carved out their own piece of the pie in America, dominate the discussion. Yet for every migrant that achieves economic success, tens of thousands don’t. For every migrant that makes it into the U.S., hundreds of thousands don’t. For every migrant that decides to make the trip, millions rot in destitution. My experience with Latin American migrants leads me to see each of them enveloped in a sort of pyramid of destruction...
...challenge was to rejuvenate a London institution so that today's crowd would be lured in for traditional British dishes like stargazy pie, featuring pilchard heads poking out through pastry. Tony Blair and Prince Charles' wife Camilla have already dined there (although not together). Visual attractions include a glittering crustacean bar and art by names including Gary Hume. But overall, the look is of elegant comfort. As for where to sit, lunchtime power brokers prefer center tables. 20 Mount Street...
...other day, a friend came to visit me with her five year-old daughter. We drank tea, ate apple pie with saffron crust, and discussed the marriages of our mutual acquaintances. As they prepared to leave, the little girl proudly pulled out a cherry-red veil from her purse and tied it on with an innocent flourish. Only the most religiously extreme families force girls that young to wear hejab (as the veil is known in Iran), and I looked at my friend inquiringly. The little girl insists on wearing it, my friend told me; she thinks it makes...
...goal as an unending battle: “We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more.” Unfortunately, the end result is that as unions grab for an ever greater slice of the pie, the pie itself shrinks, leaving only crumbs for consumers, non-union workers, and the unemployed...
...will be rejected if they engage in the personal attacks and name calling that we have witnessed in past elections. We need realistic solutions to real problems. They should fire their campaign managers and speechwriters if all they want to do is tear down the other candidates or propose pie-in-the-sky nostrums that haven't a prayer of becoming law. We want character and intelligence. Otherwise, they should drop out now and save us all a lot of irritation. Wanda Jones San Francisco...