Word: mexicanized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BORN. To George Harrison, 35, last of the ex-Beatles to father a child; and Olivia Arias, 30, his Mexican-American friend, who met Harrison four years ago when she worked as a secretary for his Los Angeles record company; a son; in Windsor, England. Name: Dhani, translated from Hindi as "rich person...
DIED. Carlos Chavez, 79, foremost Mexican composer and conductor; of a heart ailment; in Mexico City, Chavez began by writing folk-tinged compositions (the ballet HP in 1926) and gradually embraced romanticism (Sinfoma Romantica...
Museums and prominent art dealers, too, are more careful about acquiring pre-Columbian art. As a result, several stolen treasures have been quietly returned from the U.S. Among them: a rose-colored panel dominated by the Mayan sun god, taken from a temple in the Mexican state of Campeche, and part of an ancient staircase from Tamarindito in Guatemala...
Still, the policing job is enormous. Mexico alone contains at least 11,000 archaeological sites. Says one official: "The whole Mexican army wouldn't be enough to guard all of them." Peru must try to protect the remains of diverse cultures spanning more than 3,000 years. Even when guards and inspections are used, some officials concede that bribery often eases the way for thefts. Yet another complication is a thriving trade in bogus pre-Columbian pieces. Often using the same techniques as their ancestors, the forgers are so skilled that even experts can have trouble distinguishing the fakes...
...Jose market, one of the biggest in the U.S., with its 130 acres attracting 2.5 million visitors annually. Crowds pushing shopping carts stroll through the grounds, consuming heroic quantities of junk food and observing the outlandish garb that customers wear as part of the ritual. Henry Cortez, a robust Mexican American, sports a huge straw hat and tows Grandson Douglas around in a wooden wagon. "This is my flea-market hat," says Cortez, who has been going to the San Jose market almost every weekend since 1960. "And this is my flea-market wagon. I come to visit people...