Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...assembly of old soldiers" who had no stomach for real revolution. Scuffles broke out on the floor, and Danny was hustled out and locked up in a backstage room for half an hour until a semblance of order could be restored. He returned just in time to hear Mexican Delegate Domingo Rojas blame Soviet influence and Fidel Castro for the sad lot of Cuban anarchists languishing in exile in Miami. "Viva Castro!" shouted Danny. "Your anarchists are paid by the CIA." Once again the congress exploded. "Fascist! You're a fascist!" yelled the delegates. With that, Danny...
...pleas, noting airily that "when the Negroes know my record, they'll come along." They never did. He yearned for the support of César Chávez, a Bobby Kennedy supporter and leader of California migrant workers who has become a virtual messiah to thousands of Mexican Americans. The Senator did in fact have long talks with Chávez. But he could not bring himself to ask for the labor leader's help. He only observed mildly that "we hope you will be with us." Chávez sat on the sidelines...
Whup 'em or Weep. Most of that money was gouged from the hard-baked Western soil in which the sport has its roots. A cross between the pioneer plow horse and the Mexican mustang, the quarter horse was bred for the short bursts of speed needed to herd cattle. To fill the lonesome hours, cowpokes began match-racing for payday stakes and, as one oldtimer put it, "if you couldn't whup the guy you beat, you didn't get your money." Before long, horsemen were organizing races at state and county fairs across the West. Whole...
...while on a stroll; in New Suffolk, L.I. An authority on primitive art as well as a modernist, D'Harnoncourt first established himself in the United States in 1930 when he gathered and put on tour a formidable (1,200 objects) collection of Mexican artifacts dating back to the 16th century; he went on to teach at Sarah Lawrence College, became art adviser to Nelson Rockefeller, for whom he collected all manner of masterpieces, and helped organize Manhattan's prestigious Museum of Primitive Art. At the Museum of Modern Art, he proved both a brilliant fund raiser...
...venture was squashed, and half of the partisans were killed. Among those imprisoned was 25-year-old Fidel Castro, a lawyer turned revolutionist, who drew a 15-year sentence. In an act more merciful than wise, Batista granted Castro amnesty after only two years. In 1956, after a brief Mexican exile, Fidel was back in Cuba with another guerrilla band; but this time he was not to be caught. Two years later, he ruled Cuba...