Word: pilar
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...only complaints I've seen have been in the media." For now, Barcelona's relationship with Allen can cool off a bit. On Monday, cast and crew began shooting in Oviedo, the less cosmopolitan capital of the region of Asturias, eight hours to the west. That city's spokesperson, Pilar Ávila, hasn't heard any complaints about Allen's shoot here so far: "Just the opposite - people are delighted," she says. Perhaps this is because Oviedo, unlike glamorous and popular Barcelona is happy to bask in a little international attention. Or it may be, as Ávila notes, because...
...experience abroad. The center was previously more focused on graduate student research, so this initiative expands its efforts to cater to undergraduate demand as well, said Craig. Yet the center is increasing the resources available to both demographics. The co-chair of the center’s undergraduate board, Pilar A. Ochi ’08, said that the initiative “gives you an ability to relate to a broader range of people and this skill is applicable to so many components of life.” Last year, the center funded 23 research projects and 22 internships...
...says. That sentiment is also shared by a wide spectrum of ETA victims who fear the government may be tempted to show excessive leniency and give in to ETA's political demands in exchange for an end to violence. "What are we going to negotiate with ETA?" says Pilar Elias, a PP councilwoman in the town of Azkoitia, whose husband was killed in 1980 by a neighbor belonging to ETA (and whose life he had saved 18 years earlier). "First they have to turn over all the weapons and ask for forgiveness. After that, we will...
...Before long, Pilar Cabrera, the affable proprietor of Casa de los Sabores B&B and an experienced cooking instructor, had put us all to work. My mother and sister cleaned peppers, I chopped cilantro, and two family friends who had accompanied us on the trip hovered over a pot of simmering milk. My father, as is his custom, absolved himself of cooking duties, although he stood by to sample anything ready for testing...
...other people who had invested with him, and I was persuaded." Rodríguez describes himself as "one of the victims" and says that most of his local clients have been "reasonable." At his office, he advises clients to be patient and gather together all their pertinent documents. But Pilar Vicente Ruíz, a homemaker with €6,000 invested, is one of many still furious with him. "If he could come to our house to sell us the policy," she asks, "why can't he come to our house now to tell us what to do?" As investors...