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...many cities it has already led to bitter face-offs. In Dallas the school district's first Hispanic superintendent, Yvonne Gonzalez, resigned in September amid corruption charges brought by black employees; in response, Hispanic leaders demanded that the black associate superintendent who led the assault on Gonzalez step down too. In an episode in Washington early this year, Hispanic parents accused an African-American principal of taping the mouths of two Latino students who had allegedly cursed their teacher, and parading one of them through the school. The city's superintendent immediately pledged to hire more bilingual teachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEXT BIG DIVIDE? | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...weather might go a long way toward explaining the relatively low attendance, but neither the bitter cold nor the freezing rain could dampen the spirits of a very vocal and supportive crowd...

Author: By Dov J. Glickman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crowd Lends Support | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...Yale's side, students of Saybrook College braved the at-times bitter and wholly unpleasant weather to conduct their annual Saybrook strip...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Records Tumble as Menick Rumbles | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...said his faith in science is tempered by the bitter realities of the AIDS epidemic...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: AIDS Researcher Speaks At Eliot House Banquet | 11/19/1997 | See Source »

...real subject is Kincaid's scalded psyche: how she felt about Devon's life (contemptuous at its waste--he was a charming, irresponsible, sexually profligate layabout); about his death (torn but loyal--she bought AZT in the U.S., and the drug gave him a remission); and about Antigua (bitter). The underlying, overflowing theme, as always, is anger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: FAMILY TIES | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

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