Word: diez
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cinco de Mayo symbolizes the emergence of the Mexicans as a people, said Candelario Saenz, a visting scholar in social anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. The Quincy House affiliate said that "the notion that Mexico belongs to the Mexicans... was forged" on Mexican independence day, Diez y Seis de Septiembre, and Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the 1862 Battle of Puebla...
...have a thing about fish," says Matthews. The title of the work is "Diez y Seis Peces"--Spanish for "16 Fish." Hanging nearby are two paintings that use the same shapes but different colors and combinations. They are "Juroppiki no Sakana I and II," which means "16 Fish" in Japanese...
...private investigator hired by the physicians in Puerto Rico reported that he found it easy to buy restricted veterinary drugs containing estrogen, including DES. "They say it's not for sale here," says Sáenz, "but there was plenty where he bought it." Indeed, Veterinarian Jose Diez of the commonwealth department of agriculture confirms that "all the large pharmaceutical companies and distributors peddle their wares to the breeders, not only estrogen but also antibiotics." What is worse, says Diez, "our breeders have no idea how to use them...
Windows in the genteel Zona Diez district of Guatemala City rattled last week to an increasingly familiar sound: the blast of terrorist bombs. Local residents merely shrugged off the dynamitings-and that in itself is a sign of how life is changing for the worse in the most populous (7.5 million) and richest country in Central America. A chaotic, four-year confrontation between government and Marxist guerrilla forces is entering a new and deadly phase, one that is escalating on both sides...