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Social assimilation may lag behind political participation, since it is easier to vote than face possible backlash by moving into an Anglo neighborhood. Moreover, Hispanics can remain in ethnic enclaves even as they move up economically. The bigger communities in fact have begun to spawn middle-class suburbs. Sweetwater, Fla., in Dade County, is a city of solid ranch-style homes with red tiled roofs and, frequently, Buicks and Cadillacs * parked in the driveways; it is populated primarily by Hispanics...
...probability, though, the Americanization of Hispanics will be far more rapid and thorough than any Hispanicization of Anglo culture. Businessmen, Roman Catholic clergymen and politicians in Hispanic areas find it useful and sometimes essential to learn Spanish. But an Anglo lawyer in Coral Gables, Fla., who took the trouble to learn some limited Spanish now finds that most of his Hispanic clients prefer to speak to him in English. Says the lawyer: "America triumphs over these immigrants as it has over others." A survey of Midwestern Hispanic voters by the Midwest Voter Education Project probably is unrepresentative, since many Hispanics...
...Little Havana in Miami, Koreatown in Los Angeles, Little Saigon in Orange County, Calif., Little Odessa in Brooklyn, N.Y. Monterey Park, Calif., was the first U.S. city to have a Chinese-born woman as mayor, and the five-member city council includes two Hispanics and a Filipino American; Hialeah, Fla., has a Cuban-born mayor; Delaware, a Chinese-born Lieutenant Governor...
...took up golf because my bowling was so bad," Spagnolo explained, "though I didn't lose that many bowling balls." Given the blessing of PGA Commissioner Deane Beman, a man with an inclination to smile, the foursome was brought to the Tournament Players Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla., essentially an unplayable course. Observing rules that practically every amateur ignores, they played from championship distances that on many holes put the fairway beyond the reach of their best shot...
Gullikson, from Palm Coast, Fla., beat Mecir 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 in just under three hours on Court No. 1 at the All England Club...