Mr. Valles earns his living serving hamburgers at a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Los Angeles.
Smith was born and grew up in Houston, where his father, Tal, continues to live, serving as president of the Astros' baseball operations.
A visit to Burj al Shemali, where many of the recently naturalized Palestinians live, serves as a reminder of the nether-world they occupy.
Carlebach's composition "Am Yisroel Chai" ("The People of Israel Live") served as the anthem of the cold war movement to liberate Soviet Jewry.
He was known for his ostentatious manner of living, and served personally in war when needed.
The living region served as a surrogate for geographical distribution of some environmental exposure.
The same goes for other subjects whose jumbled lives serve to illuminate various elements of this enormous topic.
By and large, the Americans returned to ordinary civilian lives, serving as policemen, state legislators, clergymen and small businessmen.
As of this month, nearly 2,900 Americans have lost their lives serving in Iraq with another 21,000 wounded.
