Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anguish as the light changes. But another wall, a mural of floating patio furniture and suburban houses, is more than a bit obvious--it suggests a rip-off of the Rolling Stones' "Still Life" album cover. A third wall features a mural of haunting faces in the style of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo...
...State Department official, Mexico showed an "increased sensitivity" to U.S. complaints of Soviet, Cuban and Nicaraguan aggressiveness in fomenting subversion in Central America. Said a senior U.S. diplomat: "There is not total harmony, but there is now a more common perception of the situation." An aide to Mexican Foreign Minister Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor also found the exchange of views worthwhile. Said he: "The U.S. recognized the need to negotiate [a peaceful settlement in Central America]. That...
...cutout cards with instructions in both languages, like "Take out the trash" and "Polish the silver." The books, available at supermarket and pharmacy checkout counters, have drawn fire from some Hispanic organizations that regard them as racist and demeaning, but have been defended by such groups as the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Says Author Wolf: "If I can save a maid's life because she doesn't mix ammonia and bleach and die from toxic fumes, I'm doing her a favor...
DIED. Dolores Del Rio, 78, enduringly beautiful Mexican movie actress; in Newport Beach, Calif. Even in the silent era she tended to be typecast in such films as Ramona (1928) and The Loves of Carmen (1927); after sound, her accent limited her still further, though she starred in Flying Down to Rio (1933) and Madame Du Barry (1934). Finally sick of the Hollywood yoke, she returned to Mexico and helped establish the country's movie industry, notably with Maria Candelaria...
...oscillation's original cause remains uncertain. In the past, scientists have speculated that it may be the work of sunspots (the magnetic storms on the face of the sun that periodically reduce its radiation) or even planetary alignments. Currently, much of the theorizing centers on El Chichon, the Mexican volcano that erupted last year and ejected huge clouds of dust into the atmosphere. By obscuring sunlight, it may have upset the planet's heat balance enough to disturb the atmosphere and oceans...