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...Jackie Gutierrez, 8, of the Santa Clara pueblo in New Mexico, bilingual learning has meant sitting in a twice-a-week class listening and responding to Leon Baca, a teacher of the ancient Tewa language. During a recent session, Baca grunted, "Nyaemangeri!" The students replied, "Left side!" "Haa (yes)," intoned Baca; then "Ko'ringeri!" The children shouted, "Right side!" Asked later what the enrichment class was all about, Jackie replied, "We're learning to speak Indian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: For Learning Or Ethnic Pride? | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

Fuentes who served as Mexico's Ambassador to France from 1974 until 1978 and has written 10 novels and three plays, was selected to speak by the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) after Polish dissident Tech Walesa declined the University's Commencement invitation on April...

Author: By Chuck Lane, | Title: A Look at Carlos Fuentes | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...Association insists that Fuentes was by no means its "second choice". "We've been considering and thinking about him for several years now," said David A. Alotan '49, executive director of HAA Alotan cited Fuentes's "profound effect on how millions of people view world events as the group's principal reason for seeking Fuentes. And both political and literary expert have praised the University's choice...

Author: By Chuck Lane, | Title: A Look at Carlos Fuentes | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...Harvard has too many masters to speak with one voice, and I'd like to see Harvard take positions that would create dialogue throughout the country," says Edward Dugger III '71, one of the 12 candidates now vying to become Directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Alumni Association Nominates Twelve Candidates for Director | 1/11/1983 | See Source »

...University degree holders will be eligible to vote for six new Directors this spring, who will join the 87 other Directors of the HAA in coordinating alumni activities that encompass fundraising, reunions, Visiting committees, and commencements...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Alumni Association Nominates Twelve Candidates for Director | 1/11/1983 | See Source »

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