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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Language difficulties, unfamiliarity with worker rights in the United States, and an unwillingness to rock the boat, have all led to the exploitation of eager Portuguese workers...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Cambridge's Forgotten Minority | 3/22/1974 | See Source »

...where a seat is passed on by a political club." He also freely admits he doesn't want to be secretary of state all his life, though insisting that he can only go so far: "Remember, I'm a five-feet-four guy whose father came across on the boat," he warns...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Larry DiCara | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

...know shit, none of them do, they're all kids. Like me when I first went in: Judge said two years the hard way or three the easy way. What the hell? I was a hard case. When I was fourteen, five of us stole a big power boat and went out to sea for three days. I was along for the ride--didn't know shit about the boat, I mean, though it was my idea to steal it. Anyway, we came back into the harbor and went right by this police boat. He kept right on going...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Volunteers for America | 3/15/1974 | See Source »

...With no boat claiming a monopoly on trouble, Sayula II recovered from her dunking in the Indian Ocean well enough to take the lead going into Rio. She is a production-line Swan-65, skippered by Mexican Millionaire Ramon Carlin. Adventure, a British navy cutter that has changed crew in every port of call to give more sailors "adventure training," is a distant second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Racing Magellans | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

...Because the boats vary in design and size and therefore in potential speed, the winner will be the boat with the best corrected rather than elapsed time. Corrected time is computed on a handicap basis, taking into account such factors as the boat's waterline length and sail area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Racing Magellans | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

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