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...made perfect sense to anyone who knew Rodriguez. Born in San Antonio, Rodriguez grew up in a Mexican-American family of 10 and started making movies at age 12 with a Super 8 video camera, using his brothers and sisters, "little kids who you'd think couldn't even tie their shoes doing action and comedy." These family-fueled shorts even won awards at some local film festivals. His sister Patricia Vonne says nobody was surprised when Robert became a filmmaker. "Dad's Super 8 was always glued to his head," she says. "It didn't even have a view...
...University officials are working toward a decision on plans for a second campus on the other side of the Charles. The two main scenarios for the land involve either creating a science campus with possible tie-ins to commercial biotech companies or a cluster of graduate schools, anchored by the law school...
...interview with TIME last week, Bremer, dressed in an ensemble befitting a Washington power broker in a war zone--pinstripe suit, red tie, white pocket square, combat boots--was keen to emphasize the coalition's successes but seemed all too aware of growing Iraqi impatience. "Saddam took 35 years to run the place down, and it's not going to take 35 days to fix it. People need to be patient. And I know that's hard when the temperature's 124° and the electricity goes off. But that's the message, and that's the only message there...
...public Bremer has adopted an almost presidential air, moving about in motorcades flanked by Secret Service agents, wearing a suit and tie despite the heat, positioning himself behind a podium at press conferences. "Everything Jerry Bremer's done has been to give the impression that he's in charge, that someone is running things," says a senior U.S. intelligence official. "And after the disorder, that's exactly what you need." On Bremer's desk sits a plaque that reads SUCCESS HAS A THOUSAND FATHERS...
...allow one extravagance: a tiny pair of camel-colored Italian suede shoes that I discovered at a Daffy's downtown. Reduced from $80 to $32, they seemed like a steal, and on the big day, they looked great with Conor's khakis and borrowed tie...