Word: columbian
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...image problem" in the U.S.: people think of drugs and corruption. Moreover, norteamericanos in general are abysmally ignorant of Mexican culture, its immense age, its stylistic types, its myths and its rich confluences. It makes good diplomatic sense to use one to correct the other. With the Columbian quincentennial of 1992 just 14 months away and the economic prestige of America battered by Japan, Germany and a general revival of Europe under the sign of the Common Market, it is time to look for alliances closer to home...
...just another attempt to get smoking thought of as acceptable behavior," Krevor added. "If the Columbian drug lords wanted to invest in America's educational system, would we want to accept their money...
Gonzalez, a Columbian national, said the observers' role in the political process is "unprecedented...
...Harvard Business School's boat drifted by, its coxswain trying to scream more horsepower out of his exhausted future pinstripers in a futile attempt to catch Brown's varsity team. The Columbian crew-meisters on the bank gasped at the B-School team's audacity for having dollar signs on their scull blades and on the backs of their jerseys...
Unfortunately, things go wrong, and word leaks out about the covert action. With the election months away, the administration panics and decides to cut its losses, covering up the operation and abandoning its para-military groups deep in the Columbian jungle. Sound really, really familiar...