Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrast, the Sun has flourished by establishing a reputation for the sort of reporting on national politics and foreign affairs that is usually matched only by much larger papers. During the Mexican War, the Sun used a string of riders to bring the latest dispatches to Baltimore on horseback, scooping its competitors and even the White House. In 1925 the Sun assigned H.L. Mencken to write his famous series of articles on the historic Tennessee "monkey trial" of John Scopes, who stood accused of teaching evolution in public classrooms. Under the leadership of Reg Murphy, who has been publisher since...
...expected to find a replacement sometime this month, but added that he realized the difficulty in attracting a prominent statesman in such a short period of time. Names being bandied about by officials as possible replacements include Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, Chinese Premier Deng Xiao Ping, and Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid...
...criticism at Mexico for its laxness on drug trafficking. Spokesmen for the Drug Enforcement Administration and + Customs Service charged that 32% of all marijuana, 32% of all heroin and 30% of all cocaine used in the U.S. are supplied from or routed through Mexico. They also charged that Mexican authorities continue to protect powerful "narcotraficantes...
...Mexican government responded sharply. "The comments," said the Foreign Ministry, "distort, with disinformation, what is happening in Mexico." The governor of Sonora, accused at the hearing of being an opium farmer, talked of suing both Helms and the head of the Customs Service...
...from bangers and mash (Britain) to buffalo steak and caribou stew (Northwest Territories). To sip with the caribou, there is clear water from an 8,000-year-old Canadian glacier. For those who wander through Vancouver itself--and everyone should--there is wide culinary variety, everything from Afghan to Mexican. On Granville Island, a yuppie heaven of high-priced condominiums and boutiques, several good restaurants on the water top coffee and dessert with a view of the 10 o'clock fireworks display, which signals the fair's nightly closing...