Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...schools by the Monon Railroad Co. in 1932--the winner holding the bell until the next game. Not surprisingly, many times students from the losing school have tried to steal the bell. The last successful attempt came in the late '60s when a Wabash student disguised himself as a Mexican reporter and secured an interview with De Pauw's president. He apparently went to great lengths, even obtaining press credentials from a Mexican newspaper. During the interview the president made the mistake of revealing the bell's hiding place. It was gone the next...
...assertiveness it exemplifies, may be that it resurrects in Latin America the "Yankee imperialist" stereotype that the U.S. has been struggling to shake off. "Gringos out of Grenada," was the cry in front of the U.S. embassy in Mexico City as a cardboard Reagan was burned in effigy. The Mexican Senate denounced the U.S. as an aggressor and said the invasion violated the "principle of nonintervention...
...drama chronicles the Texas Rangers' 11-day, 450-mile manhunt of Gregorio Cortez, a Mexican-American cowhand accused of killing a sheriff in 1901. Cortez was eventually captured and sentenced to 50 years in prison, though his attorney proved later that the confrontation and killing had been a mistake--the result of a misinterpretation of Spanish. Cortez' struggle became a legend, and a ballad hailing him is still sung in the Rio Grande Valley...
...Broadcasting. The Council had funds to produce "something which would counteract the negative portrayal of Hispanics on television and in film," said project coordinator Guadalupe Saavedra. But in order to insure universal appeal. Saavedra continues. "We had to resist the temptation to exploit the good versus bad. Anglo versus Mexican aspects of the story...
...side. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez allows its audience to walk away knowing a wrong was committed but understanding emotionally how it took place. We see how the Texas Rangers used their chase of "the Cortez gang" to sustain an institution whose purpose was outlived. We see how the Mexican community of Gonzalez, Texas used the Cortez predicament as a unifying cause. Young condemns neither side; he simply presents them as they...