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  Dolores Huerta Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dolores C. Huerta is the co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO ("UFW").
Dolores Huerta was born on April 10, 1930 in a mining town in northern New Mexico, where her father, Juan Fernandez, was a miner, field worker, union activist and State Assemblyman.
Dolores’ mother taught her to be generous and caring for others.
www.ufw.org /dh.htm   (1247 words)

  
 Dolores Hidalgo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dolores Hidalgo is a small city in the state of (Click link for more info and facts about Guanajuato) Guanajuato, (A Republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810) Mexico.
Dolores Hidalgo is located at 21.17°N 100.93°W, at an elevation of about 6200 feet above (Level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth) sea level.
Today Dolores Hidalgo is known primarily for its ceramics industry, which provides income to well over half the town's population.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/dolores_hidalgo.htm   (229 words)

  
 Dolores River & McPhee Resrvoir Fly Fishing - Durango Downtown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Dolores made its reputation as one of the West's finest tailwater fisheries in the mid-eighties when cold water first flowed from McPhee Reservoir into the river channel.
From 1984 to 1986, flows in the Dolores averaged 250 cfs.
The trout population in the Dolores shrank accordingly.
www.creativelinks.com /recreat/dolores.htm   (1374 words)

  
 Full Interview of Dolores
DOLORES: Then after that, uhm, when I graduated, I had an opportunity — my mother worked at Curtis Publishing Company and, ahm, she told me I should go try and get a job there since I was out of school.
DOLORES: It was a women — it was a woman, uhm, I can’t — I really don’t — I can’t put a finger on it, but she just made me very uncomfortable, very, uhm — she gave me such a complex.
DOLORES: I guess I was there for about six months and then my husband was transferred and I had to leave the job.
www.rowan.edu /oralhistory/interviewSearch/displayTranscript.cfm?ID=7   (2714 words)

  
 Dolores Markee, A Mother Kills to Protect her Child from Sexual AbuseDolores Markee, A mother kills to protect her ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dolores was unable to return to Greece due to her son’s father (from her first marriage) prevailing in the court hearing, that required her to remain in Texas with her son, or relinquish custody of him.
Dolores was prohibited from entering evidence whose facts would reveal Dolores’ maternal instincts took over after the entire system failed to protect her daughter from George Paouris.
Dolores was a mother that was desperate, she was desperately trying to protect Raquel from the sexual abuse, she did everything you are suppose to when your child says that they are being sexually abused, why did Dolores have to resort to murder to protect her daughter
www.angelfire.com /tx/reachme/raquel.html   (1930 words)

  
 Dolores Hidalgo: Mexico's Cradle of Independence
As you walk toward the main square from the bus terminal in Dolores Hidalgo, it's hard to imagine the impassioned frenzy that heated this Mexican village on September 15, 1810.
The laid back atmosphere of present-day Dolores Hidalgo is a far cry from the morning of "The Cry" that signaled the start of the country's independence from Spain.
Dolores Hidalgo is one of the premier places in Mexico to buy Talavera (a porcelain type pottery introduced by Father Hidalgo).
www.finetravel.com /mexico/dolores.htm   (1237 words)

  
 Town of Dolores
Dolores river was named "Rio de Nuestra Senora de las Dolores", (the river of Our Lady of Sorrows) by Dominguez and Escalante, Spanish Catholic priests in 1776 when they came through this area seeking a route from the missions of Santa Fe, NM, to California.
Dolores was a busy community in the early 1900 as a major stop for the rail road running from Durango to Telluride and then Ridgeway.
Today Dolores is filled with warm and friendly people in an atmosphere that will remind you of the past and the way it used to be.
www.dminn.com /Pages/Dolores.html   (170 words)

  
 Lesson Plan - Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta has a very strong sense of self which she credits to her mother's example of being an independent and ambitious Chicano woman.
Dolores Huerta was born April 10, 1930 in New Mexico.
Dolores Huerta once stated, "I would like to be remembered as a woman who cares for fellow humans.
teacherlink.ed.usu.edu /tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/huerta.html   (1570 words)

  
 Dolores Hidalgo - A Beautiful Mexican Colonial City
Dolores of that time was a poor, largely Indian village, but the ragged army of Hidalgo and Allende marched from here to San Miguel, then to Celaya and Salamanca until finally, having grown to a force of some 20,000 men, they had their first real confrontation with royalist troops in Guanajuato.
Today, Dolores Hidalgo is justly well known as a center for the design and fabrication of the popular Talavera ceramic pieces.
The ceramics industry of Dolores Hidalgo is yet another of the legacies left to his people by Padre Hidalgo, for it was he who started the tradition of making ceramics in this area.
www.mexconnect.com /MEX/mxc/d_hgo.html   (430 words)

  
 Goddess of the Silent Screen
Dolores then went to New York City were she went to modeling school and later modeled for noted fashion designer James Montgomery Flagg (with whom she became romantically involved) who developed her into the most famous model of her era.
Dolores' physical apperance was damaged because of her extreme reaction to the the studios' harsh makeup to her very senstive and delcate skin.
Dolores was said to have looked like an old Irish washerwoman in her later years, but when she would remnsence about the old days with John and making movies she seemed to rejuvinate and look young and beautiful once again.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Theater/4988/bio.html   (1372 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Dolores Claiborne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The novel is told in the first person by the 65-year-old Dolores, who has just been arrested for the murder of Vera Donovan, the even older richer lady who had been her longtime employer and who suddenly died in Dolores' care under extremely suspicious circumstances.
Ultimately, "Dolores Claiborne" is a character study and when the nature of the bond that was forged between Dolores and Vera is revealed, it is true to the characters and their situations.
Dolores is a tough and gritty woman and much of the story recounts her dealing with the stern and often cruel woman that she works for during a thirty plus year time span, her abusive husband and the towns rumors that she might be a murderer.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0453009573?v=glance   (2307 words)

  
 Dolores del Río
Años después, Dolores recordaría ese traslado como su primer contacto con un México muy distinto al que ella pertenecía: un país de soldaderas y campesinos, de personajes recios, dignos y humildes, iguales a los que ella interpretaría en sus cintas más famosas.
Dolores del Rio was the first Mexican movie star with international appeal and she made an extraordinary career in the 1920s Hollywood (specially for a latin girl on those years).
Eventually they were divorced after Dolores made her first fil m, Joanna (1925).
cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx /estrellas/dolores.html   (807 words)

  
 Dolores River Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Dolores River, a tributary of the Colorado, is shown highlighted on a map of the western United States
The Dolores River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 250 mi (402 km) long, in the U.S. states of Colorado and Utah.
It flows through the Dolores River Canyon before receiving the San Miguel River in Montrose County and crossing into Utah, where it joins the Colorado in Grand County near the Fisher Towers.
www.localcolors.com /encyclopedia/Dolores_River   (299 words)

  
 Dolores Ibarruri (Pasionaria)
Dolores would arrive with her joyful spirit, with her happy, mischievous smile, well turned-out, elegant even, despite the simplicity of her dress, always fl.
Dolores Ibarruri rose from her seat behind a big mahogany desk, and came forward to greet me. She had a matronly but magnificent figure, and bore herself with that unselfconscious nobility and dignity that is so characteristic of certain
This expressive gift abides in Dolores' voice throughout, in her slightest remark as in the great sweeping statements, with the result that it is impossible to disbelieve anything she says while she is actually saying it.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /SPibarruri.htm   (3045 words)

  
 California Mission History: San Francisco de Asís
The mission called Dolores was founded October 9, 1776.
Inside, the church is little different than when it ministered to dusky Indian neophytes, an island of peace and calm in the midst of the busy city.
Modern Mission Dolores Basilica and the teeming city by the Golden Gate crowd around the venerable church, which is the only remaining mission building.
www.californiamissions.com /cahistory/dolores.html   (364 words)

  
 Review: Dolores Claiborne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Now, nearly two decades later, Dolores stands accused of killing her invalid employer and, although the evidence is entirely circumstantial, Mackey is determined to get a conviction.
Dolores' daughter Selena (Ellen Muth at age 13; Jennifer Jason Leigh at age 31), a reporter living in New York city, receives a fax of an article in a Bangor newspaper detailing her mother's suspected involvement in Vera's death.
Dolores is a sad, lonely survivor who has, perhaps unjustly, endured a lifetime of misery.
movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/d/dolores.html   (678 words)

  
 Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader with a Passion for Justice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dolores Huerta was born in Dawson, New Mexico in 1930, about seven months after the infamous stock market crash.
For Dolores, it was the strength, independence, and ambition of her mother that encouraged her to create her own life and her own sense of purpose.
Dolores Huerta is small in body but gigantic in spirit and energy.
www.nwhp.org /tlp/biographies/huerta/huerta_bio.html   (289 words)

  
 Excursion #1 - A Visit to Dolores, Colorado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dolores, located on Colorado Route 145 between Durango and Rico, is the home of the Galloping Goose Historical Society.
Goose #5 was purchased in 1952 by the Dolores Rotary Club after the RGS was abandoned.
A 3 foot gauge logging road was built in the Spring of 1924 and interchanged with the RGS at Dolores.
www.narrowgauge.org /ngc/html/excursion1/excursion1_delores.html   (558 words)

  
 Dolores River Colorado River Rafting Vacation
The Dolores River in Colorado is regarded as one of the most unique and pristine river environments in the country.
Dolores River - Ponderosa Gorge, Class III-IV Descend through towering ponderosa pines, thick piñon and juniper forests and brightly colored sandstone cliffs.
Dolores River Meeting Time and Place: Details regarding the specifics will be sent after deposit.
www.fourcornersrafting.com /dolores.htm   (479 words)

  
 Professionally guided fly fishing adventures on the upper and lower Dolores River in southwest Colorado, while staying ...
Once one of the best trout streams in the country, the Dolores River in southwestern Colorado is making a comeback and deserves attention when you're in the vicinity.
The Dolores became another Bureau of Reclamation disaster when water levels dropped to deadly 20 cfs.
Although good fishing exists above McPhee Reservoir it is the tail-water portion of the Dolores that hold the greatest challenge for fly-fishers, both novice to advanced.
www.emeraldwateranglers.com /dolores.html   (226 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: DOLORES, TX
Dolores is on Farm Road 1472 and a private road called River Road, on the Rio Grande in southwestern Webb County.
In 1914 Dolores reportedly had a population of 1,000 and a general store run by the coal company.
In 1936 Dolores had a school, a mine, one business, and a population of twenty.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/DD/hnd32.html   (247 words)

  
 Neighborhood Parks Council: Park Histories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dolores Park has six tennis courts and one basketball court; two soccer fields, a playground, and a clubhouse with public restrooms.
The coordinating committee, led by MEDA, included representatives from the Friends of Dolores Park, the Dolores Heights Improvement Club, the San Francisco Youth Commission, the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners, the Neighborhood Parks Council, and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department.
Bird says that that the Friends of Dolores Park and Dolores Park Dog are working with Rec and Park on a solution to off-leash use for dog owners in the park, and he hopes for an outcome that will satisfy the both sides of the controversy.
www.sfneighborhoodparks.org /parkhistories/dolorespark.html   (571 words)

  
 Biography for Dolores Gray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Born in Chicago in 1924, she began singing in Hollywood supper clubs at age 14 and eventually was discovered by Rudy Vallee, who made her a name on his radio show.
Hit by the decline of the musical film, she, trooper that she was, found work on TV variety, recorded for Capitol Records and remained a top-of-the-line cabaret act for decades to come.
Dolores passed away a decade later in her Manhattan apartment of a heart attack at age 78 in 2002.
us.imdb.com /name/nm0336576/bio   (650 words)

  
 Dolores Claiborne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dolores runs back to the stairs and raises the rolling pin above her head.
Mackey believes that Dolores killed her husband fifteen years ago, but he was unable to prove it.
Dolores recounts how she was abused by Joe, but her accounts don't seem to jive with Selina's recollections.
www.cs.ubc.ca /spider/boritz/movie/dolores   (413 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Dolores Claiborne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It centers around Dolores' confession of a murder she may or may not have comitted, and around a day when a solar eclipse gave her a glimpse of someone else's life (mirroring a similar scene in Gerald's Game).
A startling confession of the human mind, and the reasons that drive people to murder, present themselves in their full glory in "Dolores Claiborne"'s unending narrative(It has NO chapters or paragraphs), and it is a compelling read from start to finish.
Dolores relates everything about her past, and in her testimony, irrecovable sins are revealed, relationships are made and torn, and the horrors of the past are revealed in "Dolores Claiborne".
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0451177096   (1490 words)

  
 Dolores Canning: Specialty Mexican Food Products
Dolores Chili has been sold for over 25 years and is available in four convenient versions.
As one of the leading producers of pickled pig's feet, Dolores sells to major distributors and retailers throughout the western states.
Dolores Pig's Feet are ready to eat and available in four convenient sizes.
www.dolorescanning.com /canning/product.html   (160 words)

  
 Dolores, Colorado-Cabins, Lodging, Camping
The city of Dolores was first established as a city in 1900, when it became a major stop on the Rio Grande Railroad.
Dolores boasts the second largest lake in Colorado, McPhee Lake whose sloping, timbered shore makes for interesting views.
Or try the Dolores River, named by two Spanish friars in honor of "Our Lady of Sorrows," where the nutrient-rich waters are teaming with rainbow, brown, cutthroat and brook trout.
www.coloradodirectory.com /dolores   (580 words)

  
 Class Act: Dolores Gray
Dolores began her career in radio, singing with Milton Berle and Rudy Vallee.
Dolores was signed by MGM in early 1955.
Dolores sang "The Opposite Sex (Prologue)." Her last MGM film was Vincente Minnelli's Designing Woman (1957), which also starred Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall and Sam Levene.
www.classicmoviemusicals.com /gray1.htm   (602 words)

  
 Dolores Hope
Dolores has spent most of her life giving to others: her husband, Bob Hope, her children Linda, Tony, Kelly and Nora; her four grandchildren; and numerous charitable causes.
In the 1930s, Dolores on the advice of an agent, changed her name to Dolores Reade (after Broadway actress Florence Reed) and began her professional singing career on the New York night-club cicuit.
Dolores soon left the supper club circuit to join her husband in his vaudeville act.
bobhope.com /dolores.htm   (688 words)

  
 my favorite things
Dolores' voice was characterized as sounding like "warm brandy," and she liked the description so much, she named one of her albums Warm Brandy.
Dolores hated her role as the unctuous TV hostess Madeline, calling it "an ageless, sexless caricature," but she is hilarious in the part nevertheless.
Although Dolores' movie career never really took off like it could have, she was a great star on Broadway and in London's West End.
www.lypsinka.com /favorite/dolores.html   (285 words)

  
 San Juan Citizens Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Dolores River Campaign joins 24 local, state and national organizations from the recreation and environmental communities in the Dolores River Coalition.
To obtain added flows to the Dolores River through management and purchase for the purposes of perpetuating the integrity of the basin's ecosystem, for increased recreational opportunities, and for the benefit of endangered species.
The Dolores Water Conservancy District unveiled a proposal to construct a new dam on Plateau Creek, a major Dolores River tributary.
www.sanjuancitizens.org /dolores/dolores.shtml   (742 words)

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