Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...group of about 25 core members is calling for open competition in the selection of presidential candidates. P.R.I. leaders say that the Democratic Current poses little threat to the 12 million-member party. "It is a flashy thing that attracts the attention of too many journalists," says a Mexican legislative leader. "It belongs to a tradition of internal debate within the P.R.I." A prominent political analyst is even more dismissive. "Just make one of them an ambassador somewhere nice," he predicts, "and the movement will be over...
None of these forgetable films, though, are quite as bad as Heat, an impossibly dull plod through the Vegas underworld. Reynolds--transformed into a Mexican by the careful application of some Ultra-Tan Lotion--stars as Nick Escalante, professional chaperone and "master of edged weapons." Even after chewing on it for three days, I cannot think of word scathing enough to describe Reynolds' somnabulatory performance. He's so wooden that you want to build an addition out of him. He stumbles through the moronic plot like the newly-resurrected, his face frozen into a tanned grimace, with not a single...
...below 1.7 million bbl. a day, making Britain a net importer of oil for the first time since 1980. While Mexico's reserves should last well into the 21st century, its production is expected to stay flat for the next few years. Because of the shaky state of the Mexican economy, Pemex, the state-owned oil company, will probably be unable to make the investments needed to bolster oil production...
...Southbound yuppie trend has also swept through Inman Square, depositing yet another Cajun place in its spicy wake. But amidst these rising ethnic stars is a less media-glutted food group. The savory and homey seafood smorgasbord of Portuguese food, which is not the sub-division of Spanish or Mexican many people assume it is, can be found at the Casa Portugal...
...think that Portuguese food means Mexican burritos or Spanish rice, go educate yourself at the Casa Portugal. The best primers are the dinner special seafood mixes, which will give you a new way to look at fish. Even squid become attractive under the Casa's handling--I personally have finally been cured of my chronic fishfear. The trip to Inman Square is a little long, but getting to this family establishment is definitely worth the walk...