Word: haitian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...come in here almost every day to cruise the Net," says Clifford Granthier, 20. The young Haitian immigrant was among those who used to spend all day on the makeshift basketball court outside the reading room. But as word trickled out that you could find cool pictures of Michael Jordan and the Bulls on the Web, Granthier began spending more and more of his day in cyberspace. His circumnavigations led him to a new interest: desktop publishing. "I'm inspired to start my own business," he says...
...label was launched last April featuring such blues artists as Lightnin' Hopkins and such gospel acts as Clarence Fountain & the Blind Boys of Alabama and Cissy Houston (Whitney's mom). This summer two HOB-produced concert tours will visit 30 cities each: one, a neosoul lineup headlined by the Haitian-American hip-hop band the Fugees, starts July 22; and another featuring blues acts will hit the road July...
...authorities believe to be appropriate for dealing with passengers. What New Yorkers found entertaining in that piece of news was that these 50 phrases will be the only complete sentences of English some drivers know. We can now look forward to hearing a driver punctuate a stream of Haitian patois or Urdu or Russian with "It is my pleasure to place your bags in the trunk" or "May I help you into the building...
...similar neo-soul movement seems to be making a splash. The Haitian-American hip-hop group the Fugees scored a hit with its gritty remake of Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly. The Brooklyn-based R.-and-B. duo Groove Theory, whose songs combine pure pop appeal with slightly avant-garde musical touches, received heavy airplay for its smash single Tell Me and has a new song, Keep Tryin', on the charts. Singer D'Angelo draws fans with music that adds a laid-back '90s twist to the sound of '70s soul. And a multi-act tour is being planned...
Area Four's population is largely Haitian, Latino, Puerto Rican and Cape Verdean, according to Barbosa. Eastern European immigrants, especially from the Czech Republic, have also begun moving to Area Four recently...