Word: mexicans
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Later Presidents took a far less restrictive view of their authority than Jefferson did. Congress has declared war only five times, embroiling the U.S. in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish-American War and World Wars I and II. Even in the 19th century, declared wars were far outnumbered by military actions begun at a President's command...
Another area of silence in the Constitution: economic rights, the right to a job, the right to shelter, the right to food. The first constitution to address such rights was the Mexican constitution of 1917. Since then, the idea has spread to many 20th century constitutions around the world. But as Rutgers Law Professor Albert Blaustein points out, "civil and political rights are rights of abstinence. They are rights against the state. When you start talking about social and cultural rights, you are asking for rights of action, affirmative rights...
...Angeles Times estimates that as many as 200,000 stay in some 42,000 garages that rent for $200 to $600 a month. Constituting a new, anomalous demographic stratum, this group is made up mostly of Hispanic working poor, many of them illegal immigrants fresh from the Mexican border. Says William Baer, associate professor of urban planning at the University of Southern California: "We've got a squatters' settlement in the backyard of the city...
...have one black and one Latin, and I'm the one." Someone mentioned Jim Rice. "Disabled list," said Perez. "Mike Torrez?" That made him sigh. With a gaze of pitying forbearance that is becoming a familiar look in all kinds of sports arenas, Perez explained, "A Mexican from Topeka, Kans., is not a Latin...
...goods soaring. Managua acted after announcing three weeks ago that the Soviet Union, which provides virtually all of Nicaragua's oil directly or through Eastern Europe, could supply only 40% of the country's petroleum needs. The Soviets have been surprisingly candid about their aims. Said a high-ranking Mexican official after meeting Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze last December: "He made it clear that the Soviet Union can no longer afford to support Nicaragua or any other Latin American revolution the way it supports Cuba...