Word: mex
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reporting had been somewhat lopsided, Tackett's retaliation raised grave questions. Can a judge stifle press comment on a case simply by deferring the sentence? Should a judge who is offended by press comments be permitted to try the offender? Most newsmen thought not. The Portales, N. Mex., News-Tribune called Harrison's sentence "one of the most flagrant examples of judicial stupidity that has come to the attention of New Mexicans in years. It poses a threat not only to a free press but to the public's right to criticize the judiciary." The New Mexico...
...attacked a 1956 Pentagon decision to limit the Army to short-range missiles, for which he earned a court-martial and a tour of duty in the Canal Zone, but vindication when an Army Jupiter put the first U.S. satellite into orbit; in an auto accident; near Alamogordo, N. Mex...
Speaking in Tex-Mex. From this turmoil of differing governments, personalities, politics, ethics and economies, Tom Mann will try to produce a viable set of policies for U.S. action and reaction in the months ahead. A solid (5 ft. 10 in., 180 Ibs.), firm-jawed man who likes to call himself "a country lawyer from Texas," he has spent his entire lifetime in dealings, both personal and professional, with Latin America...
Born in Laredo, with a population that was 85% Mexican-American, Mann grew up speaking both English and a border-town pidgin Spanish called Tex-Mex. His father was a lawyer who "laid down very stern standards about ethics and the law in our house." The family code was backed by the austere beliefs of the Southern Baptist Church ("We didn't even play cards"). In high school, young Mann was chosen "most popular boy" in his senior year, scored well enough in his studies (all A's and B's), but is best remembered...
Walker A.F.B., Roswell, N. Mex...