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...noise was like thunder," recalled Tito Garcia Mendez, 60, who was riding the city's sleek subway, one of the capital's brightest successes. "All the lights went out. People began screaming. I felt dizzy. I thought it was because I was hungry." Fernando Levaro, 21, a medical student, was driving to an early class. "My car began swinging from one side of the road to the other. I could see lampposts and buildings swaying. People began to run, but they didn't know where to go. It was terrible." Arturo Cholula, 40, was getting dressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Noise Like Thunder | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

Agassiz School parents Larry Weinstein and Richard Griffin are the other two CCA-endorsed contenders, and the crop is rounded out by two veteran candidates, Timothy Tooney and David Kennedy, and Sara Garcia, who is running for the first time...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: City Races Officially Begin | 8/9/1985 | See Source »

...Eszterag and Reporter-Researcher Ursula Nadasdy de Gallo fled Hungary after Soviet troops crushed the 1956 revolution. A different upheaval, this one in Cuba, brought Reporter-Researcher Nelida Gonzalez-Alfonso to the U.S. in 1959, followed by Copy Processing's Osmar Escalona and Raquel Prieto and Reporter- Researcher Cristina Garcia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Jul. 8, 1985 | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

Chicago is far from any entry point for Hispanics into the U.S. But it has drawn such a diverse Latin population that the Spanish language alone is no guide as to what kind of neighborhood a visitor has wandered into. Says Dem ocratic Ward Committeeman Jesus Garcia: "You can tell where you are from the sounds and the smell of the cooking. In Mexican areas people are doing the taco thing with beans and rice; in Puerto Rican areas it's roast pork and fried rice. If you walk around Pilsen (a Mexican enclave) you'll hear mariachi music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hispanics a Melding of Cultures | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...DeLeon, from Puerto Rico, is world champion). Almost 100 of the roughly 1,000 players in major league baseball at the beginning of the season were born in Latin America. A Hispanic All-Star team might include Pitchers Fernando Valenzuela, Joaquin Andujar and Willie Hernandez; Infielders Rod Carew, Damaso Garcia and Dave Concepcion; Outfielders Tony Armas and Pedro Guerrero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hispanics a Melding of Cultures | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

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