Word: hispanicized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Few Trinidad residents have actually seen the Americans, camped out at the air base in tents. Washington officials, concerned that the sight of armed soldiers might cause problems, have ordered Trinidad off limits. When the G.I.s need fresh bread, three Hispanic-American soldiers change into civvies and sneak into town...
In addition, Aliens' minor characters, although at first they seem like B-movie stereotypes, all develop individual personalities of their own, a rarity in a horror film. The group of Marines includes Vasquez, the Hispanic tough macho lesbian, who ends up sacrificing herself for the rest of the crew; Hodgson...
The Cleveland case involved a challenge by Local 93 of the International Association of Firefighters to an affirmative-action plan that had been agreed on by the city and an organization of black and Hispanic fire fighters called the Vanguards. The Vanguards charged the city with discrimination in hiring, assigning...
Early on, the audience has no problem pegging the players, as if they have come from an ex-jock's "as told to" book. The second-string catcher, named Boomer, is divorced by his wife during the game over the bullpen phone. He, by the way, is played by Peter...
Carmen A. Pola, a former advisor to BostonMayor Ray Flynn, says, "Remigio is the type ofperson that society needs, in particular theSpanish community. He has a clear understanding ofproblems in out society, especially poverty." Shecredits Cruz with "making young people,particularly poor Hispanic youngsters, feel thatanything is possible."