Word: borrowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leading gold producer, and KN Energy, a natural-gas company, have fizzled. Because of the continuing slump in the oil patch, profits at his Mesa Limited Partnership have dropped from $70.6 million in 1986 to $31.9 million in 1987, a performance so poor that Pickens has had to borrow money to pay dividends...
Even as Anglo designers reach over to borrow from Spanish traditions, many Hispanic designers are seeking to break out of the constrictions of stereotype. Fort-Brescia, 36, and the stars of his 65-member firm, Arquitectonica, have designed some of the most arresting modernistic buildings in Miami, Washington and Los Angeles. "I think there is a misconception that / Hispanic influence means that everything has to look like Spain did three centuries ago," says Fort-Brescia. "To me it doesn't translate into arched colonnade...
Ever ready to borrow the best from other cultures, America is celebrating the spirited sounds and shapes, the flavors and flirtations of Hispanic style. The new influence is changing the way the country eats, dresses, dances, plays, ) learns -- the way it lives. Look around. See the special lightning, the distinctive gravity, the portable wit, the personal spin. In theater and films, Latin playwrights and directors supply a fresh vision and voice. The names on the marquee have a Spanish ring: Andy Garcia, Maria Conchita Alonso, the inspirational actor Edward James Olmos. In fashion and design, painting and architecture, critics laud...
...monster! You can't blow smoke in its face," he complains. "It doesn't care if you're obnoxious or if you have bad breath. You just can't rattle it. I wouldn't want to play Hitech in a tournament, but I'd sure like to borrow it for a year...
Several speakers said that the current lack of minority faculty prevents thorough coverage of certain topics in the curriculum. "It's sad that every class in every section has to borrow [Randall] Kennedy, [Charles] Ogletree, [Derrick] Bell, or [David] Wilkins" in order to teach discrimination law, Ogletree said, naming four of the school's five Black law professors...