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...White House has a short list of candidates that was compiled and updated when Brennan stepped down. Among the names most often mentioned -- all conservative Republicans -- are Clarence Thomas, 43, a black federal appeals judge from Washington; Ricardo Hinojosa, 40, a Mexican-American federal district judge from Texas; and Edith Jones, 41, a white federal appeals judge from Houston. But Bush has a penchant for surprise nominations -- witness his choice of Dan Quayle as a running mate -- and he might indulge it this time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: Filling a Legal Giant's Shoes | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

...ANTONIA HERNANDEZ, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, MEXICAN-AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE FUND...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Do We Have In Common? | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

...Spain!" drummer Louis Perez Jr. realized after a moment. "Wow!" Well, maybe they weren't quite so far away after all. Spiritually, Los Lobos has always dwelt midway between Los Angeles and Garcia Lorca, playing hard, dreaming darkly, finding a somber poetry on the sunny streets of the Mexican-American area the band called home. That's The Neighborhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Long Way Round to Home | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

Hosted by the Mexican-American student group Raza, Pachanga will provide students with a Thanksgiving dinner and traditional Mexican feast, as well as the chance to hear keynote speaker Jaime Escalante, whose teaching exploits inspired the film Stand and Deliver...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Nothing Like Home | 11/21/1990 | See Source »

...that changed at Harvard. My two roommates were Asian-American. My best friends for the summer were my two neighbors, one of whom was Black and one of whom was Mexican-American...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Appreciate Harvard's Diversity | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

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