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- Ditch the celebrities, the nobodies, the rare species and derelict
- THERE is no problem on this Earth so intractable that TV cannot solve it with the help of a few celebrities and a telephone vote. We have a world wildlife crisis with thousands of species facing extinction. You might have thought the answer could be controls against rampant exploitation of...
- Research articles 2006-10-29
- U.S. AMBASSADOR RECALLED.(Brief Article)
- Guatemala has recalled its U.S. ambassador to protest an American official's sharp criticism of President Alfonso Portillo's Government, reports AP (Oct. 12, 2002). In comments to Guatemala's legislature, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Otto Reich said Guatemala has serious problems with corruption and drug trafficking and...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- Tolerance means terror
- Mark Steyn says the example of America should warn Michael Portillo against embracing identity politics New Hampshire OF the many and varied depressing aspects of the current Tory leadership campaign, the most dispiriting is the general tenor of the Portillo pitch. Mr Portillo thinks that the Conservative party needs to...
- Research articles 2001-07-14
- COUNTERFEIT LAW FUELS ILLEGAL INDUSTRY.
- Business leaders and clothing manufacturers are urging Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo to veto a new law meant to prevent sales of fake name-brand merchandise and push for a stricter measure, reports Reuters (July 28, 2000): But leaders of Portillo's majority Guatemalan Republican Front ...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- Diary
- Washington, DC After weeks of rain, which climatologists say will produce a thick horde of mosquitoes but a rich bounty of mushrooms and oysters, the capital is in luxuriant bloom. These are the few glorious weeks between the end of the rainy season and the onset of one of the...
- Research articles 1998-06-06
- A Chicago 'Fast Casual' Chain Struggles in California
- Portillo's, a Chicago-based chain of casual eateries, opened its first outlet in southern California three years ago. Last year, it opened another. Bad timing. At first, things looked good for the new outlet, according to a report in Nation's Restaurant News. The weekly gross was about $150,000....
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
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- Injured veteran gets big boost Portillo restaurant founder buys custom van for Wheaton man.(News)
- Byline: James Fuller Daily Herald Staff Writer ***** CORRECTION/date 04-09-2005: To clarify a story in some Friday editions, Dick Portillo is the founder of the Portillo Restaurant Group and is helping injured Wheaton veteran Joel Gomez. A quote in the story ...
- Research articles 2005-04-08
- Soccer-Spain: Real extends Portillo, Sanchez.
- Madrid, Spain, Oct 3, 2003 The Sports Network via COMTEX Real Madrid on Friday announced it had agreed new deals with strikers Javier Portillo and Javier Rico. Portillo, 21, signed on for four seasons, keeping the striker in the Bernabeu...
- Research articles 2003-10-03
- Guatemala - Portillo's progress.(Alfonso Portillo faces challenge of dealing with military)(Brief Article)
- MEXICO CITY CAN Guatemala get the army out of its system? That is the first, and perhaps biggest, challenge facing Alfonso Portillo, who was sworn in as president on January 14th. The country's 36-year civil war spawned a powerful army which developed links with...
- Research articles 2000-01-22
- Double blow to Portillo as he faces prospect of defeat
- MICHAEL PORTILLO'S hopes of becoming Tory leader suffered a double setback last night as Iain Duncan Smith overtook him as the front- runner in the race to succeed William Hague. David Davis, the former minister for Europe, pulled out of the contest yesterday and threw his weight...
- Research articles 2001-07-14
- Portillo's is on its way to Randall Road location this summer.(Neighbor)
- Byline: Patrick Garmoe & Jennifer Patterson This summer Portillo's, a Chicago original, will open on the west side of Randall, north of Harnish Drive. The menu includes hot dogs, ribs and chicken. Thus far, Portillo's is sailing through the village's approval...
- Research articles 2002-12-03
- PORTILLO THE NEW KILROY?
- MICHAEL Portillo is favourite to take over from TV presenter Robert Kilroy-Silk on his morning talk show. Other names being touted for the role include BBC politics frontman Andrew Neil, motormouth TV and radio presenter Nicky Campbell and former ITN political editor John Sergeant. ...
- Research articles 2004-01-18
- How companies survive an unimaginable event.(Business)
- Byline: Jamie Sotonoff Daily Herald Staff Writer A few days after the 1993 murders at Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine, company CEO Frank Portillo called a television news producer and begged him to stop labeling it "The Brown's Massacre" on the air. ...
- Research articles 2002-07-21
- Tories still at sea as Labour muddies the clear blue water
- The Conservatives will be putting a brave face on events this week at their conference in Blackpool. Four brave faces to be precise: Michael Portillo, Ann Widdecombe, William Hague and now the serial fantasist, Lord Archer, all vying for media attention for their own personal crusades. The...
- Research articles 1999-10-03
- Labour's dreams darken UNDERCURRENT
- WHO will you be waiting up for? When the BBC's Election 2010 opening titles run two years from now, which MP's demise will make it a memorable night? In 1997, when Tony Blair and New Labour ended 18 years of Conservative rule and arrived in Number 10, it was the...
- Research articles 2008-05-25
- MILITARY CUTBACK.(in Guatemala)(Brief Article)
- President Alfonso Portillo announced plans to cut the size of Guatemala's armed forces by 20% and convert the extra military installations into schools, reports AP (Sept. 1, 2002). Portillo said Guatemala will have a smaller but better trained army. The Government will lay off 6,000 of...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- Guatemala's glimmer of hope on a sea of troubles
- Some modestly hopeful news last week out of a country that spawns little good news. Guatemalan presidential candidate Alvaro Arzu defeated fellow conservative Alfonso Portillo of the Guatemalan Republican Front, allowing Arzu to inherit the leadership of a nation divided by civil war and wracked by poverty, widespread crime and...
- Research articles 1996-01-19
- Soldier's Family Gets Keys to Nation's First American Green Dream House
- KEMPNER, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 14, 1999-- A green dream has come true for the family of Sgt. First Class Robert Portillo. Daughter Alma, her husband Cliff and their two-year-old son Alex Sanchez received the keys yesterday to the nation's first "American Green Dream House" -- a beautiful $200,000 home...
- Research articles 1999-09-14
- The form; Conservative leadership; The Tory leadership race is under way.(Britain)(Brief Article)
- THREE candidates-Michael Portillo, Ian Duncan-Smith, David Davis-have declared themselves for the Tory leadership. Michael Ancram, party chairman, was expected to declare as The Economist went to press. Ken Clarke, chancellor of the exchequer under John Major, has not said whether he will stand. He is currently...
- Research articles 2001-06-23
- TELECOM PRIVATIZATION WITH COURTS.
- A Guatemalan court will decide whether to revoke the 1998 privatization of state telecommunications company Telgua, now majority-owned by Mexican phone giant Telefonos de Mexico SA Telmex, said Presidential Secretary Luis Mijangos, who manages legal affairs for President Alfonso Portillo, reports Reuters...
- Research articles 2000-12-01
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