Word: cerqueira
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...population did not begin to grow until a volcano erupted on the Azorian island of Faiail in 1957, says Joseph A. Cerqueira, a Cambridge resident who arrived from Portugal...
...volcano, the American government opened immigration up to the Portuguese, Cerqueira says...
...people just never learned," Cerqueira, whose parents lived in Cambridge for 10 years and did not learn English, says...
...They have their Portuguese bank, their own convenience stores. At church, there are services in Portuguese," Cerqueira says. "They really live an isolated experience. If they spoke English, they would've been able to make a better life. They would've done better job-wise...