Word: commons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This free-form blend of Spanish and English, known as Spanglish, is common linguistic currency wherever concentrations of Hispanic Americans are found in the U.S. In Los Angeles, where 55% of the city's 3 million inhabitants speak Spanish, Spanglish is as much a part of daily life as sunglasses. Unlike the broken-English efforts of earlier immigrants from Europe, Asia and other regions, Spanglish has become a widely accepted conversational mode used casually -- even playfully -- by Spanish-speaking immigrants and native-born Americans alike...
...applicationlike California and Florida. We find out who theinterested students are, and we hold meetings todiscuss what they need to do to apply, like takethe SAT, etc," she says. "It's good for us to talkto them, because especially if we are from thesame city, we have something in common and canreassure them that we like school and that theymight as well...
...These institutions have shown one common thread--they are expressing concern for the problem of minority teachers," said President Billy C. Black of Albany State College. "A program with this sincerity and dedication is bound to yield results...
Zobel added that since the common perception isthat Harvard affiliates "bend-over-backwards" tohelp one another, it meant that it was inMockler's interest as well her own to give up thecase...
...Anybody who decides to take on non-profit andcommunity responsibility is going to find himselffrom time to time subject to potential conflictsof interest," MacDougall said. "You have to relyon common sense and good judgment--it is part ofmanaging your affairs responsibly...