Word: jes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jesús Sarmiento lived with relatives in Miami while he learned English and prepared for an entrance exam to Florida International University. Last April, Sarmiento became the first Marielito to earn an FLU. engineering degree. When he is not out looking for work, like any new graduate, he fiddles with programs on his home computer. "To think," marvels Sarmiento, "back in Cuba I didn't own even a pocket calculator...
...which was inaugurated in December, has begun an austerity program aimed at slashing Mexico's huge budget deficit, halting unnecessary government spending programs and slowing its virulent, 116% inflation. If the world economic recovery continues, Mexico may be able to step back from the brink. Says Finance Secretary Jesús Silva Herzog: "The pace of the U.S. recovery, interest rates and the oil market will decide our fate. All we need now is a little luck...
...meeting: "Our main concern is to keep anyone from trying to pull their money out. We are writing the book on how it's done on this one." As the talks wore on, members were in almost constant tele phone contact with Mexico's Finance Secretary Jesús Silva Herzog. During breaks, the financiers grabbed quick meals at a nearby 24-hour restaurant...
Finance Secretary Jesús Silva Herzog exuded a somewhat forced air of confidence as he addressed his countrymen last week. Like a terminal-ward doctor polishing his bedside man ner, he likened Mexico's economy to a "sick patient" who required different treatments as his condition fluctuated...
Then, 'fore you knowed it, some other Texas boys and girls took Larry's story and made it into a genuine Broadway show. They had singin' and jokin' and jes' enough carryin' on to keep the folks comm in and the vice squad out. They had bad ole Marvin Zindler high-steppin' through his favorite den of iniquity like a virgin bride navigatin' a field of cow chips. They had Sheriff T.J.-they called him Ed Earl-and Miss Edna-they ailed her Mona-lookin' longingly at each other from...