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...MILLION Tax rebates for rum from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands...
...ruin a pitcher's concentration. But Soto has always let it go. "That's my personality," Soto says. "In talking to my wife, I'll get pissed, and five minutes later, I'm cool. Even if I'm right." Give Soto's homeland some credit for his success. The Puerto Rico native has played five years of winter ball in the Caribbean, experience that makes him wise beyond his years. "Those are big games down there," says Towers. "He is catching big-league pitchers with games on the line. He's used to the pressure...
...Bill Walsh, a former casino owner, cowboy, and catholic priest from South Dakota; to a Laotian couple who married in the United States but grew up hiding in the jungle and living in refugee camps before emigrating to America. Portraits also included a famous musician, several Hollywood actors, a Puerto Rican delegate, a farmer from Nebraska with a PhD from Yale, and a gay former Republican operative ousted from his party and now working for Obama. Never before has the Democratic Party stood for so many—and so many at once...
...Weller received his M.D. from Harvard and began clinical training at the Harvard-affiliated Children’s Hospital Boston. But his work was interrupted two years later by World War II, when Weller shipped off to a research post in Puerto Rico that was responsible for malaria control of Caribbean bases. During his 32 months there, he headed the bacteriology, virology, and parasitology department...
...outspoken teen's team was blown out. And even if China had pulled off an upset, Team USA could have made it to the medal round. Still, it's hard to overstate how important this win was for the U.S. men. In 2004, Puerto Rico's drubbing of the U.S. drained the team for the rest of the tournament. The Americans shut down China's guards - Bryant kept his vow to play D, applying choking pressure on Chinese point guards. The U.S. also caught a break; Yao Ming wasn't at full strength. Coming off a foot injury that ended...