Word: mexicanitis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...peasant. His sullen, unchanging expression and aggravating yes-no-ugh dialogue gives an impression of blank stupidity, and his occasional philosophical pronunciamentos seem completely out of character. Brando's Zapata could never be the leader of 40,000 men, the symbol of a social movement, or the hero of Mexican folklore--in short, he could not be the real Zapata or even a believable facsimile. And with its central figure reduced to such a nonentity, the tale of Emiliano Zapata becomes a trail of disjointed, purposeless blood and thunder...
...torera from Texas, who quit school to assassinate an undersized bull in a Mexican bull ring, I suggest a job in an abattoir. Ole, huera...
...Fifteen workers in CCC's Dallas office took gifts from private companies ranging from "boxes of fruit and shrimp, raincoats, Stetson hats and Mexican belts with silver buckles to $100 gift certificates and trips to expensive dude ranches and fishing resorts...
Rock-jawed Cinemactor John (Stagecoach) Wayne, 44, recently named for the second time by movie exhibitors as Hollywood's No. 1 box-office draw, announced "with regrets" on his sixth wedding anniversary that he and his Mexican-born wife, Esperanza Baur, had separated, but hoped to patch it up eventually...
Scott had a good record in the War of 1812, and his victories ended the Mexican War. Between times, he had achieved several brilliant diplomatic successes, including two occasions when he arrested war with Canada. Scott was beaten not because he was a soldier, but because he was the candidate of the Whig Party, which was splitting asunder at the time. Probably no candidate could have saved it in 1852, or thereafter...