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...Cover: Oil on canvas by Manuel Gregorio Acosta, 48, a Mexican-born Texan and onetime protege of Peter Hurd and Andrew Wyeth, who makes his first appearance in TIME...
...Harkness Ballet, which now has ten former Jeffrey dancers to count on, at least two soloists (long-haired Lawrence Rhodes and sultry Brunilda Ruiz) of star magnitude, and the staggering total of 20 newly commissioned dances in its repertory. Still another inventive company is the one founded by Mexican-born José Limón, whose choreography-as in The Winged, an hour-long evocation of birds in all their variety-blends the psychological expressiveness of Martha Graham and the fiery intensity of flamenco...
...beginning. One editorial after another flayed Romney for "letting down the boys in Viet Nam," for acting like a "desperate demagogue," for not being born in the U.S. Complained the paper: "It would be hard to think of a more irresponsible leader for this great nation than the Mexican-born George Romney...
...Modern. The same lack of science in the political arena is largely responsible for the Mexican-American's lack of collective clout. Though the pochos are 90% Democratic by registration and traditionally vote the straight party line, they have received little in the way of socioeconomic remuneration for their loyalty. Politically, they fare even worse: only one Mexican-American, Democratic Congressman Edward Roybal, 51, has made it to the House of Representatives, and he, as many pochos point out, is a New Mexican-born aristocrat who pays little attention to the problems of the barrios...
...Until 18 months ago, Leo Carter's job was to sweep, mop and polish the floors at Miami Beach's St. Francis Hospital. Today, as proprietor of The Best Floor Waxing Service, he is an entrepreneur with six employees. Mexican-born Joe Garcia, on relief in Manhattan eight months ago, now takes in about $240 a week as the operator of a midtown newsstand. David Flowers, who had to give up his job as a house painter after he injured his back in an auto crash, has become the owner of a thriving eight-pump, seven-employee service...