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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forgotten, hidden within the sprawling streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico's largest city, lies the small village-like community of San Domingo. During the summer, Ana Maria Garcia Blanco, along with the people of San Domingo, opened a school for the children of the community. She was implementing ideas, combining her Puerto Rican heritage and her work during the last two years as a member of the Student Board of Radcliffe's Education for Action (E4A). With many ages working together in small groups, the Puerto Rican students study the history of their neighborhood; the songs and poetry...
...much an economic or social delineation as a statement: the esteemed "goose egg" FMCA plaque on the front of a vehicle, be it a mansion of the macadam or a turnpike retirement pad, means that it is a livable, functioning home. Its owner belongs to what may be the largest extended family in America...
...Texas-born Charlie Walker: "Down where we come from, that's a term of endearment." In fact, just about everybody in Washington likes the breezy, boisterous superlobbyist, who represents the nation's biggest corporations, including General Motors Corp., Gulf Oil Corp. and the country's five largest airlines. Even Walker's opponents openly admire him. Says liberal Lawyer Max Kampelman: "He's always on the wrong side, but he's good for his clients. He delivers...
...Unfortunately the millennial temple site is in the hands of one of many splinter groups. The largest of these is the "Reorganized" Latter-day Saints (186,000 members), formed by Smith's heirs, who opposed Young's takeover...
...sample of the prices and pitches at New Jersey's Englishtown Auction Sales, the largest flea market in the mid-Atlantic region: $3.75 for a solid leather belt ("Why pay a buck for a bonded belt that will become brittle and broken?"); a still-to-be-dickered price for a potbellied-stove door ("When you need it, you need it"); $1.75 for a goldfish ("You get the bowl, you get the sand, you get the fish, you get two weeks' supply of fish food"). Says Steve Sobechko, who owns the Englishtown market: "It's a great recycling...