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Every member of the Hispanic family, especially the grandfather, played by Anthony Quinn, and the father, played by Giancarlo Fiannini, are skillful actors. However, they have their own (insurmountable?) obstacles to overcome. The script calls for jolting transitions form Spanish to English--a beautiful Spanish song turns into a chant...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Poor Acting Causes' A Walk in the Clouds' to Stagger | 8/8/1995 | See Source »

That is an awful lot of information about a room Carcaterra never saw. How did he obtain it? Well, the author says, details about the vendor were invented. "Is he Greek? Maybe. Is he Hispanic? Could be, whatever." No. "Whatever" won't do as the ruling principle of a book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: TINY PIECES OF FLESH | 7/31/1995 | See Source »

Pity the Republican candidates. in this presidential campaign, they will be spending less time plying the pine-smelling living rooms of New Hampshire or enjoying the watery coffee of Iowa diners. Instead, they will be tramping through the fevered political swamp of Florida, where they will have to contend with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUNSHINE BOYS | 7/17/1995 | See Source »

The decision still allows race to be taken into account in the creation of voting districts. In a separate one-paragraph order, the court even upheld California's 1992 redistricting plan, which had created nine black and Hispanic majority districts. But as they did with affirmative action, the majority ruled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUL OF A NEW MAJORITY | 7/10/1995 | See Source »

"Whoever things the '50s were a golden age either wasn't conscious or doesn't know what they're talking about," Dukakis said. "Schools now are unquestionable better and there is an improvement of black and Hispanic literacy and quality of life."

Author: By Alison D. Overholt, | Title: Dukakis Criticizes GOP Pessimism | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

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