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...long second act begins as Carla involves herself more deeply with the native Mexico City residents she meets through Memo, a would-be revolutionary who sells Marxist pamphlets at the local market. Memo's relentless denigration of Carla's first-world background tugs on a string of middle-class guilt and self-loathing tied around Carla's soul. Yearning for the "authentic" Mexican experience, Carla eventually ends up in a flat she shares with her new Mexican boyfriend Oscar, who dreams of becoming a DJ in America, but settles for selling pot and T-shirts to tourists. Eventually his underworld...
...Costa Rica, largely immune to the dictatorships, corruption and grinding poverty that mark so many of its neighbors, has long been considered the ?Switzerland of Central America.? But in recent years it has been plagued by a moribund economy and a string of presidential bribery scandals that have made it a ripe target for left-leaning pols like Solis. Arias, meanwhile, ran a bland campaign that seemed to rest on his Nobel laurels. ?Such a weighty name was supposed to sweep away any opponent,? says political analyst Victor Ramirez, ?but [voters] proved it wasn?t enough to reconquer? a population...
...McKiernan said, who led the Crimson with 16 kills, six digs, and three blocks. “We lose a game without knowing it in the first 10 points.” The second frame was more of the same—Harvard was unable to string enough plays together to take a lead at the start. As the game progressed and the Crimson got into a rhythm, it managed to grab several two-point leads throughout the game. But it was never able to pull away—Springfield clawed back point by point to tie the game...
...late in the third, but floundered with an extra skater throughout, finishing 0-for-4 on the power play for the game.The contrast between the team’s effort in the early going and its fervent charge in the last minutes of regulation revealed its recurring inability to string together sixty minutes of consistent hockey.“That’s been the story all season,” Stone said. “So why would it be any different in the playoffs? You’re not all of sudden going to magically show up with...
...RESIGNED. TOSHIYUKI SHINMACHI, 63, as president and CEO of Japan Airlines, Asia's largest carrier; after less than a year in the post; in Tokyo. Four board members called for Shinmachi's resignation last month over a string of problems at JAL, including a projected $404 million fiscal-year loss, slumping seat sales and safety issues...