Living the Amerikhan Dream ; How Amir Was Reborn in the Usa
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AMIR KHAN sat in the sunshine on the flight of steps leading up to Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym on Vine Street.
Downstairs, in the parking lot, a gaggle of down-and-outs squabbled in the shade of a branch of Alcoholics Anonymous. Across the street, the local Wok'N Roll chain restaurant was opening up and a woman with her belongings in a shopping trolley stared into the window of the Hollywood Pawn Brokers.See the full content of this document
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Living the Amerikhan Dream ; How Amir Was Reborn in the Usa
Forget the supposed glamour of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which begins on Vine a couple of blocks north of the Wild Card and stretches round on to Hollywood Boulevard.
The singer Tom Waits labelled this down-at-heel, seedy part of Los Angeles "Heart Attack and Vi...See the full content of this document