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...Mamacita Taqueria, a new Mexican eatery, will open in space shared with Ma Soba after the popular noodle store closes briefly for renovations...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mamacita Taqueria to Open in Square | 2/23/2000 | See Source »

Slowly all the poetry went out of piro-peando. In recent years, girls have had to listen to such blunt acclaim as "Hey, Mamacita!" or "What a chicken!" In disgust, Maracaibo's prefect made piropos punishable with a loo-bolivar ($30) fine, which brought a new piropo into fashion: "If I only had 100 bolivars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Passing of the Piropo | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

Uncle Tim got a letter from a village in the interior, asking that Uncle Tim admonish little José García for always picking his nose, putting the pickies on the furniture and upsetting his mamacita and papacito. "José," wheedled Uncle Tim on the radio, "that is a terrible habit. People won't like you if you keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Uncle Tim's Last Broadcast | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

...domo explained: "The child, who is now an angel up in heaven, is ... carried about in processions from house to house . . . until it is in such a state of decay that it can no longer be enjoyed." Finally it is placed in its coffin, "with the words 'adios, mamacita' on the lid, and the properties are returned to the priest or the nuns from whom they were borrowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Baby in the Jungle | 1/20/1941 | See Source »

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