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Perez's army career wasn't supposed to turn out like this. A child of Texas' Rio Grande Valley and the grandson of four Mexican immigrants, Perez had seen a stint in the Army--safely in the rear--as his ticket to college. When he enlisted in 1991, his father Ramiro had a warning for the recruiter: "If he ends up in the infantry," he said, only half-joking, "I'll break your legs." So Perez became a supply soldier, responsible for making sure the men on the front lines got their beans, bullets and boots...
...they seem. Euro-zone inflation has been stable, at only 2.1% in August. And even Greece's 3.6% rate - the euro zone's highest - is historically low. The studies showing huge price increases have focused on high-visibility goods like food, which have often increased dramatically, but ignored big-ticket items like cars and houses, which haven't. In fact, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein analyst David Owen says that despite the price hikes, the report's authors are "even more optimistic" about euro-zone inflation, since they expect prices to begin converging and falling next year. Until then, don't spend...
...asking fellow Republicans to do what I’m going to do—vote for Kerry Healey and support the Romney-Healey ticket,” he says in the ad. “Let’s show the Democrats we’re together, and ready...
...bomb on a TWA plane flying from Athens to Rome, killing all 88 people on board. Abu Nidal went on to mastermind attacks on a Jewish school in Antwerp, synagogues in Vienna and Istanbul, and a Greek tourist ship. In December 1985 his group ambushed the El Al ticket counters at Rome and Vienna airports, killing 14 bystanders...
...suddenly seized from behind by a dozen war-painted, whooping Naxi tribesmen, borne high above their heads and marched to the thundering rhythm of drums toward an uncertain fate. At last I am released, but not yet free--not before I have autographed their T shirts, ticket stubs and notebooks. "You guys were great yesterday!" shouts one of the abductors, obviously a fan of my band, Spring and Autumn. He elaborates by doing his best impression of my head bang while thrashing on an air guitar. Meanwhile, Miserable Faith's musicians kick off their set with a groove-heavy bass...