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Word: mexicans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Minister López Mateos, 48, was hand-picked for his job by the inner circle of P.R.I. politicians, and he has used the campaign mostly as a chance to show his face to the people in all 29 states. Crowds have been well-ordered and speeches safe: "Every Mexican has the right to enjoy the liberty created by our heroes." But in small round-table sessions everywhere he went, wavy-haired López Mateos, a deskman by training, has lined up the loyalty of political leaders who count. Like his predecessor, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, he will probably head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Campaign's End | 7/7/1958 | See Source »

Face of Prejudice. In the current script, Town's locale was moved to "a small Southwestern town in the 1870s." Emmett Till became a romantic Mexican youth who loved the storekeeper's wife, but only "with his eyes." Throughout the 120-page script, network and sponsors (which include Allstate Insurance, American Gas & Electric, Bristol-Myers, Kimberly-Clark, Pillsbury Mills, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco) suggested changes. An earlier lynch victim was named Clemson; this was changed because South Carolina has an all-white college of that name. The ad agency for Allstate Insurance vetoed a suicide in the story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Tale of a Script | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

Carlos Chavez, prominent Mexican composer, will deliver the annual Charles Eliot Norton lectures next year. His talks will probably center around modern Mexican music...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Composer Carlos Chavez Appointed To Charles Eliot Norton Lectureship | 5/28/1958 | See Source »

Piston praised the selection of Chavez as Norton lecturer. "It is a fine thing to have him to speak here on himself and on Mexican music. He is surely the outstanding composer in Mexico today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Composer Carlos Chavez Appointed To Charles Eliot Norton Lectureship | 5/28/1958 | See Source »

...addition to composing, Chavez has conducted the Mexican National Symphony, and has been guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic. He served as director of Fine Arts in Mexico, and has written the book Toward a New Music...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Composer Carlos Chavez Appointed To Charles Eliot Norton Lectureship | 5/28/1958 | See Source »

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