Word: mexicans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...take heart from the fact that official Latin American criticism was not unanimous and was frequently delivered more in sorrow than in anger. Although most countries in Central and South America recognize Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the Falklands, many viewed Argentina as the aggressor last April. Mexican officials conceded that, in the words of one diplomat, U.S. support for Britain was "easily predicted from the beginning." The trouble was, he added, that "the U.S. has no friends, no allies in Latin America, only interests. And those interests are often not in the best interest of Latin America...
There are always outstanding individuals like Richard Rodriguez who will succeed under any circumstances. It is too bad that in rising so high he forgets the difficulty of children less gifted than he. Before bilingualism was adopted in Orange County, Calif., Mexican youngsters unable to learn in a language they did not understand were sometimes shunted into schools for the mentally retarded...
...donated by the Hyatt Foundation; the recipient is annually chosen by a distinguished jury for "significant contribution to humanity and the environment." The first winner, in 1979, was Philip Johnson, 75, who is both the indisputable doyen and the enfant terrible of contemporary architecture. Johnson was followed by the Mexican minimalist Luis Barragan, 80, and, last year, the British postmodernist James Stirling...
MARRIED. Zsa Zsa Gabor, over 60 (though she claims 54), gilded, Hungarian-born actress with less talent than she has wealthy former husbands; and Felipe de Alba, 52, Mexican lawyer who no longer uses his Spanish birthright title of Count of Pardela; she for the eighth time, he for the second; on a yacht off Puerto Vallarta...
...escape his and Lee's parents, who represent a warped flip side of the American dream. Their father, who remains offstage, is a drunkard who once put his false teeth in a doggie bag filled with chow mein, and then left the bag in a bar along a Mexican highway. Their mother, who returns from Alaska in the final scene, is perfectly tacky, uncomprehending, and well-meaning. She appears terribly excited because she read in a newspaper that Picasso is visiting the local museum. She refuses to believe Austin's claim that Picasso has been dead for years and instead...