Word: kiko
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bringing back Mexican-produced TVs, beer and foodstuffs. At the same time, Mexican shoppers streamed across the Rio Grande to splurge at Laredo's glittering Mall Del Norte, where retailers such as Sears and B. Dalton books are often packed. " NAFTA or no NAFTA, free trade is here," says Kiko Zuniga, a Laredo businessman who has built three warehouses to handle the flow of merchandise. "All NAFTA can do is increase our sale of goods...
...Angeles, the gap between American music and its Mexican roots has been inspirational. The band reached a commercial apex with 1987's La Bamba, an international hit that was elevated beyond pop predictability by its intricate acoustic coda. That flourish of integrity was no fluke. Los Lobos' new album, Kiko, blends rock, jazz and Mexican folk styles with authority and panache; David Hidalgo's lambent vocals transport songs about hardship and redemption to a numinous state. More than a mere blending of two vibrant traditions, Kiko forges a new American sound...
...baseball was still fun. I remember falling off the mound in hysterics after our opponents' bench had collapsed in the middle of my windup. I remember my co-presidency of the two-man Kiko Garcia Fan Club in honor of the Baltimore utility infielder. I remember Ralph James slamming a towering shot far over the head of our leftfielder, a kid named Ron Mitchell. I cracked up as our coach pulled Ron off the field for jogging after the ball. "But Mr. Marshall, he could have run around the bases twice," Ron pleaded...