Word: account
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...account of his leadership qualities and great baseball mind, Baylor has already been touted as a prospective manager, especially by those who would like to see Blacks receive a larger proportion of executive and managing jobs. Should the Red Sox give up on McNamara, Baylor would be a fine choice to succeed...
...State Department official who briefedreporters on condition of anonymity said it wasnot yet clear whether a flat amount will be paidfor each victim or whether the age, number ofdependents and earnings of the victims will betaken into account in assessing compensation...
Demographics are the main reason. The number of Hispanics in the U.S. has increased 30% since 1980, to 19 million. They account now for about 7.9% of the nation's population. Most trace their roots back to Mexico (63%), Puerto Rico (12%) and Cuba (5%); the rest to the nations of Central and South America and the Caribbean. By the year 2000 their numbers are expected to reach 30 million, 15% of the whole. And roughly one-third of all U.S. Hispanics intermarry with non-Hispanics, promising the day when the two cultures will be as tightly entwined...
...good Hispanic theater," says Max Ferra, Artistic Director of Manhattan's predominantly English INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center. "I want to be a very good American theater." After writing two books in Spanish, Novelist Roberto Fernandez has just published his first in English, Raining Backwards, a comic account of Cuban life in Miami. "I did it for the same reason that Miami Sound Machine sings in English," he explains. "I wanted to reach a wider audience...
...drought drags on, it could start to harm the economy. Although food costs account for just 17% of the Consumer Price Index, double-digit increases in that component could push the overall inflation measure upwards by a percentage point or two. Some economists, like David Jones of the investment firm Aubrey Lanston, believe the food-price run-up will combine with rising wages and other commodity shortages to set off a genuine inflationary spiral. (The price of aluminum, for example, has risen more than 75% during the past year, while copper is up more than...