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...think he deserved it--he's very hard working and tries to make things understandable for students," Arturo Estrella, a first-year graduate student in Green's class, said yesterday...

Author: By Geoffrey T. Gibbs, | Title: Economic Graduate Students Award Green Teaching Prize | 4/9/1980 | See Source »

...contest between two Cuban-American candidates for the Republican nomination to a congressional seat last week provided an apt reflection of the prevailing spirit of La Saguesera's people. Miguel Carricarte charged that his rival, Evelio Estrella, could not speak English very well; Estrella charged om turn that Carricarte's Spanish was pretty feeble. Carricarte won easily. He is not expected to defeat veteran Democratic Congressman Claude Pepper in November's general election, but by 1976 or 1978, as increasing numbers of Sagueseranos become eligible to vote, it may be a different story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: La Saguesera: Miami's Little Havana | 10/14/1974 | See Source »

...Angeles clinic also deals with many of the other problems connected with dwarfism. Some dwarfs have severe spinal defects that can lead to paralysis if not promptly treated. Others suffer from deteriorating vision and a wide variety of orthopedic problems that most doctors cannot correctly diagnose or treat. Mrs. Estrella Sberna of Los Angeles took her daughter Mary Lou, 12, to dozens of different doctors for problems ranging from a cleft palate to flat feet. But it was only at the clinic that Mary Lou began to receive proper treatment after doctors diagnosed her condition as Kniest syndrome, a type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Helping the Little People | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

...have a home in Makati himself, says he is happy to see the Japanese firms move out of Manila, adds that "if they don't go, I'll force them out by running cockroach inspections for health hazards or something." Responds Makati's mayor, Maximo Estrella, 62: "I don't care what Villegas thinks. They are welcome here as long as no national law is passed banning them." Given the protectionist feelings of many Filipinos, enactment of such a law is an ever-present possibility. In the meantime,' however, Manila's loss is plainly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Manila's Loss, Makati's Gain | 6/28/1968 | See Source »

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (Aug. 18-Sept. 7) this year explores the compositions of Franz Schubert and Benjamin Britten. A concert version of Schubert's rarely heard opera, Alfonso und Estrella, is scheduled for Sept. 7, following a virtual Who's Who among artists, orchestras and opera companies in a generally classics-oriented program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jun. 21, 1968 | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

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