Word: latins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been intensely interested in Latin American political and economic affairs for several years, I had considered joining COCA before coming to Harvard. I read with interest COCA's description of itself as an organization devoted to proclaiming and preserving the sovereignty of the legitimate governments of Central America. Yet after attending its introductory meeting during my first week here and reading some of its literature, I gradually came to the realization that COCA was no such thing...
...hereby ordered for induction to the Armed Forces of the United States," read the memo I received in the mail last Friday. "You are to report at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School on 11/18/89 at 8:00 a.m." I quickly tossed it in the trash...
California is looked at the way Italy used to be viewed in England. It's sexual and dangerous. Something could happen. A person could change. There is an element of hostility to Los Angeles that has a racist undertone. The fact that this is a Latin region, with its patios of bougainvillaea and its streets named for Spanish saints and psychotics. When you breathe the air, you become infiltrated with the idea that you are in another region entirely...
...your recent book Palm Latitudes, you portray a world of poor Latin women. Why did you choose to write about them...
...always been fascinated by the concept of the untouchable caste, whether it's cancer victims, drug addicts, Latin women, homosexuals. An overriding concern of mine is to touch the untouchables and to show their humanity. Unfortunately, the more chaotic the society, the greater is the desire for conservative, nonconfrontational...