Word: latinate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...panic spread. Hardest hit were countries in Latin America. To outsiders, the link seemed strange: nations such as Venezuela and Brazil have very little exposure to Russia, but their economies suffered nonetheless. "Latin markets are right to think that this is a moment of complete irrationality," says Bond Snodgrass, an analyst at Warburg Dillon Read in Mexico City. "But this should finally drive home the point: Mexico is no longer just Mexico, Brazil is no longer just Brazil. They're all part of one asset class now, and investors aren't distinguishing between any of them." And the dramatic drop...
Wherever one looks these days, be it Africa, the Middle East or Latin America, the U.S., the self-proclaimed promoter of democracy, is almost always on the side of the business elite, military juntas or tin-pot dictators--not on the side of the poor and downtrodden. Terror is the weapon the weak are wielding against the superpower. RANI-VILLEM PALO Camrose, Alta...
Eric Pooley only scratched the surface in writing of Jimmy Buffett's appeal to his Parrothead fans the world over [SHOW BUSINESS, Aug. 17]. Buffett is a folk, country, rock-'n'-roll, calypso, Latin, honky-tonk, Big Band, reggae, bebop, Tin Pan Alley, zouk, polka singer. He has become a spokesman for those of us who still enjoy being "the people our parents warned us about." For 364 days of the year, we deal with unadulterated crap, but on the 365th, Buffett comes to town and we slip away to Margaritaville. Being a Parrothead isn't without its responsibilities, however...
These days I've been thinking a lot of a guy in my high school I'll call Leonard, who was said to know 58 terms for the female breast. He used the terms constantly, and unexpectedly. A few of us would be talking about our Latin teacher's severity, and Leonard would suddenly pipe up with, "That Matilda's got a set of Howards on her, all right...
...released lately, I'd guess that he's prospering as a screenwriter. I've resented being reminded that I knew somebody like Leonard in those days. I resented being reminded of a "relationship that was not appropriate"; the euphemism introduced by the President himself is just how that Latin teacher would have described what I spent a lot of time longing for in those days. Many people on television Monday night said this episode has diminished the presidency. For me, it has diminished high school...