Word: marios
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dollar tax incentive program his "secret weapon" for economic development This plan led to what both New York and New Jersey officials called a "border war," with each side trying to steal businesses away from the other. The hostilities became so mutually harmful that Florio and New York Governor Mario Cuomo eventually declared a "non-aggression pact...
Bone-thin after four years of declining rations, Mario Caballero, a 52-year- old school administrator in Santiago de Cuba, is one of the older generation whose faith in Fidel is well-nigh religious. If his rhetoric recalls communist dogma of the '50s, it still reflects sentiments deeply etched in the Cuban soul. "Before, our best land was Yankee. The sugar was Yankee. The electric system was Yankee. The phones were Yankee." Never mind that the sugar crop is failing for the second year, that electricity and phones rarely work. "We may be living through a special period," he says...
...subject of ethnic pride never arose. Dad was simply being practical. In the New York of his day, a tribal pecking order prevailed in many fields. Mario Cuomo, though a top student, couldn't find a berth in any major law firm. Except for the lowliest jobs, Wall Street, insurance and banking were also closed to those of Mediterranean or Slavic descent. A handful of legal and financial establishments were the preserves of high-caste German Jews, seldom hospitable to Polish and Russian Jews. The Postal Service was more ) egalitarian. The merit system allowed a Baratz to rise in rank...
...move that promises to enhance Harvard's studies in electronic music, Columbia professor Mario Davidovsky has accepted a post in the Music Department...
Dall W. Forsythe, a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School, will also be a member of the transition team. Forsythe was previously New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's budget director...