Personal Aspiration

<b>PERSONAL ASPIRATION:</b> Albert Grimes dreams about the financial stability his father had — a house, a secure job — and is convinced that he will fare as well some day. “I’m trying to get back to what he had,” Grimes says.

( Béatrice de Géa / LAT )

PERSONAL ASPIRATION: Albert Grimes dreams about the financial stability his father had — a house, a secure job — and is convinced that he will fare as well some day. “I’m trying to get back to what he had,” Grimes says.

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