Word: latinized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...note that the graduate orator was pretty much of a yawn, but my unfamiliarity with the field of candidates, and the fact that he was not being held up as a representative of undergraduate prowess, makes me less concerned about his selection. It was only Martin Brinkly's exceptional Latin Oration that prevented this part of Commencement from turning into an unmitigated disaster...
...hiss their own orator. Coupled with the mediocre performance of last year's undergraduate speaker, I am concerned that the process of choosing speakers has become a travesty. Only my memory of the stirring performance given by last year's graduate speaker, and this year's Latin Oration, give me hope that the present method of choosing speakers can be reformed--perhaps by a more careful selection of judges or the addition of student representatives to the board...
...curious circumstance struck Tony Perez as the great Cuban hitter chatted behind Boston's batting cage. "On the entire 25-man roster," he said, "the Red Sox have one black and one Latin, and I'm the one." Someone mentioned Jim Rice. "Disabled list," said Perez. "Mike Torrez?" That made him sigh. With a gaze of pitying forbearance that is becoming a familiar look in all kinds of sports arenas, Perez explained, "A Mexican from Topeka, Kans., is not a Latin...
...Harry Edwards has hired on as a consultant. Baseball is publicly standing up to racism. And, one year after George Foster was derided and expelled for bringing up the subject, the World Champion New York Mets have three blacks on the entire roster, four counting Shortstop Rafael Santana, a Latin who is not from Topeka...
...country's petroleum needs. The Soviets have been surprisingly candid about their aims. Said a high-ranking Mexican official after meeting Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze last December: "He made it clear that the Soviet Union can no longer afford to support Nicaragua or any other Latin American revolution the way it supports Cuba...