Word: arva
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Says Historian Arva Parks: "We have overcome so much already in our his tory. We have never been one for small crises. This is one more thing to overcome...
South Florida has perhaps grown too fast ever to grow up. "We are still longing for maturity," says Miami Historian Arva Parks. "We have always been vulnerable to certain kinds of people, so that when opportunity knocked, exploitation answered." Even today, most of those who live in the area grew up somewhere else, and their sense of community may extend only as far as the K mart down the street. "You can't compare us to Boston or Denver," says Mayor Ferre. "Our people's roots are always somewhere else...
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