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Examples of this private individualism are everywhere, if we just look. Republicans should be applauding teachers like Jaime Escalante, the courageous East Los Angeles calculus instructor immortalized in the movie "Stand and Deliver." We must promote crime fighters like Ruben Greenberg, who united a city, empowered its people, and cleaned up the streets of Charleston, South Carolina...
Much was made of the dismissal by a Los Angeles federal judge of charges against Dr. Humberto Alvarez Machain in the 1985 torture-murder of D.E.A. agent Enrique Camarena. But the prosecution did not come away completely empty-handed. Alvarez's co-defendant, Ruben Zuno Arce, a Mexican businessman and brother-in-law of former Mexican President Luis Echeverria, was convicted in the same court. According to the jury, Zuno helped plan Camarena's kidnapping and was present while he was tortured. He could receive life...
...really different way of seeing themoon because you could make out that it was thishuge, round object," said Mary Grace Ruben...
Another standout in the book is Ruben Martinez' autobiographical "La Placita." Although it appears under the section labelled "God," this essay embraces topics as varied as family history, gang warfare and the Latino immigrant population of L.A. Martinez speaks from his dead grandparents' house, where he contemplates the "strewn shards of [his] identity." The racial and cultural identity of this journalist of Salvadoran ancestry proves as multi-faceted as the city in which he grew up. Memories of Watergate and the Flintstones figure alongside stories of the Chicano movement and assassinated Salvadoran friends in this personal history...
...addition to Calengosi, the caucus alsohonored Ruben Sierra, who plays right field; JoseGuzman, who pitches; Ivan Rodriguez, who catches;Rafael Palmeiro, who plays first base; JulioFranco, who plays second base; Dickie Thon, whoplays shortstop; Juan Gonzalez, who playsoutfield; Ray Ramirez, who serves as assistanttrainer; and Orlando Gomez, who coaches