Word: foundedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cardenas refused to back down. He co-founded the Democratic Current, a movement within the P.R.I. to give rank-and-file members more say in choosing the presidential candidate. When the P.R.I. responded late last year by expelling the rebels, Cardenas announced his candidacy.
Lipsig gets very serious about the civic virtues of liability suits. "But for lawsuits brought by personal-injury lawyers, the Ford Motor Co. would still be making defective Pintos, which burst into flames when struck from behind." He describes the firm he founded 62 years ago, which has now become...
Medgar Evers was founded in 1969 as a four-yearcollege, but was turned into a community collegeduring the 1976 New York fiscal crisis. CUNY haspetitioned New York state to reinstate the schoolas a senior college. Medgar Evers currently handsout both two and four-year diplomas
The record industry heard it through the grapevine: Berry Gordy Jr., the former Detroit autoworker who founded Motown Records nearly 30 years ago, was shopping the company around. No one was dancing in the streets about that idea, since Motown ranks as one of the largest black-owned businesses in...
In many cities the growing popularity of Latin cuisine is altering the dining landscape. Once viewed as cheap neighborhood eateries, Mexican restaurants now number among the most upscale and trendy dining spots. "It's incredible the way it has exploded outside the border states," says Ramon Gallardo, a St. Louis...