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...there are many others as well--too many to support the story. While Mary Moy's struggle could make a very interesting subplot, she isn't fleshed out enough to be anything but a distraction in the action. There is also Rosa, a former grocery store cashier who has enchanted Paddy for a decade, but must now decide whether she can live with the life he has chosen. The romance between Rosa and Paddy is a fascinating but short lived device that leaves the reader stranded. Kelly creates some unforgettable characters, but there are also characters he should have forgotten...
...wall, where more than 600 guests, largely government officials, foreign diplomats and corporate executives, were preparing to make a run at the sushi buffet and raise their pisco sours to toast Aoki's hospitality. Even Peru's President Alberto Fujimori, the son of Japanese immigrants, was expected. His mother Rosa, brother Pedro and sister Juana were already there...
...married. We both are blessed because our families and many of our straight friends plan to participate in the ceremony and celebrate with us. I guess we could wait until everyone approves and the laws of the land say we can legally get married, but then I guess Rosa Parks could have waited until the laws of Alabama said she could ride in the front of the bus. She refused to give up her dignity in the face of unjust laws--and so do Patrick...
...founding father of administrative law," said Rosa Comella, a Harvard law student. "He was--still is--the most important administrative law scholar in the country...
Mueller had long taken great pride in being a "little guy." He was among the hundreds of thousands of enlisted people in the U.S. military whose work enables the stars to shine. Born in Germany, he became an American citizen shortly after marrying Rosa, a Texas woman, in 1977. He loved playing and coaching soccer and making fishing lures with his two sons, Daniel, 15, and Marcelo, 11. Before his trial, numerous colleagues, including two F-15 pilots, submitted letters praising Mueller's skill and integrity. Captain Christopher Foster, an F-15 pilot, wrote that he would "feel completely comfortable...