Word: latinizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Such mysteries also captivated Reporter-Researcher Tam Martinides Gray, who often collaborates with both White and Diederich on Latin American stories. Says Gray: "Mexico has a fatalistic, almost mythical perception of itself. It is easy to get caught up in the character of the people, their eloquence, their national pride." White, for his part, got caught up in the history and mythology of Mexico's pre-Columbian people. Thus, in homage to Quetzalcoatl, the tribal god of the Toltecs, and in commemoration of this week's cover, White named his newly acquired feline house pet Quetzalcatl...
Even so, Washington policymakers are encouraged by Mexico's more active role in foreign affairs?notably in López Portillo's expressed interest in working out bilateral aid programs with and for other democratic nations in Latin America. Says a State Department official...
This system has resulted in a political stability rare for Latin America; Mexico has not faced an attempted coup in more than 60 years. But the P.R.I.'s dominance has also provided ample documentation of Lord Acton's dictum that power tends to corrupt. Says an experienced Mexican attorney: "When a Mexican official gets an important post, he steals from it instead of serving in it. It's unfortunate, but that's the way it is." From policemen to Cabinet officers, officials routinely ask for and get bribes, ranging from the $2 that will persuade a traffic cop to tear...
...social anthropology major, Kellogg places a high priority on her academic pursuits. Although she has no definite career plans, Latin American development attracts her interest. She looks at field hockey as an asset to her education because it forces her away from the desk for a while each day and gives her a chance for a valuable study break...
...Bach concerto underscores their joys and sorrows. A woman angrily exhorts the Lord to save the life of her cow; her prayer reprimands a God who would let the only cow of a widow with six children become ill. The Pater Noster becomes a magic spell chanted in Latin by the local healer, and always there are the endless "Ave Marias," with the accent heavily on the Ave, which are brought forth, like my old Irish Grandmother's frequent "Mother of God!" for any occasion and every reason, to curse or to praise or simply to signal the beginnings...