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...workers, Saldana was “Frankie”: an easy-going charmer with a palpable drive to succeed...
...public. The protests force the country to acknowledge that the “immigration issue” has a human face. By demanding recognition, the students in the streets have made themselves a part of the story. They have added a new element to political decision-making.Whether these protests will succeed in the short-term, I cannot say. But the next time politicians start to brag about how tough they’ve been on the illegals, I sincerely hope they think harder about the thousands of young people marching in the streets, trying to protect their mothers and fathers. That...
...both Fitzsimmons and Dingman say the ongoing communication helped fuel the expansion of financial aid over the past decade. Fitzsimmons says feedback from residential advisers—who said in that in some instances students were struggling to succeed because of loans or work-study, and that some were feeling pressure to select concentrations that would bring lucrative jobs to pay off debt—was “one of the big reasons” for the expansion...
...same six-minute, three-question exchange with reporters, the President used a word that provoked much head-scratching, even among some in the White House. Here's what the President said when asked about the plan for Bolten to succeed Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. on April 15: "I told Josh that he is - will organize the White House in such a way that he is comfortable with and that meets my needs. And my needs are to have good, crisp information so I can make decisions on behalf of the American people." He went...
...derail their plan to finish the job of establishing a peaceful Northern Ireland. "If there are people who are trying to wreck the political process by these appalling and barbaric acts of violence," Blair said, "the single best message is to say 'No, you're not going to succeed.'" That sounds good in theory, but as Donaldson's killing has shown once again, violence usually has the final say in Northern Ireland...