Word: mexicans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...YEAR The last word on huevos rancheros has to be huevos Bridge Creek, served at a Berkeley restaurant for which the dish is named. Based on a paper-thin wheat tortilla with the required fried eggs, this elegant, succulent version has three sauces -- one fresh, made from scratch of Mexican tomatillos, another the classic tomato and onion salsa, and the third a chili-flavored pork carnitas -- all capped with a dome of melted Jack cheese. "It costs us $18 to make," says Chef-Owner John Hudspeth. Since $10.50 was the menu price, it is easy to see why Hudspeth dropped...
...ranks of those who have braved this indignity in the cause of laughter must be added Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short. They play a team of silent movie heroes who from a distance look like just the fellows to save a Mexican village from the depredations of El Guapo and his bandidos. Alas, the telegram inviting them to jump down off the screen and into the dusty Mexican streets is garbled in transmission; to the trio it reads like a bid to make a profitable personal appearance. And it arrives when they need money; their studio boss...
...while living in Mexico and married to a Mexican national, Randall, now 50, relinquished her American citizenship. She says she believed at the time that she needed Mexican citizenship to find work. In January 1984 Randall, by then divorced, returned on a visa to the U.S. and married an American, from whom she is now separated. In October 1985 an INS official in El Paso rejected her application for permanent resident alien status. Ordinarily, Randall would be eligible to remain because her parents and two of her four children are U.S. citizens. But the immigration official decided that...
...months later, when an immigration judge ruled on Randall's case, he also found her excludable. Like Mexican Novelist Carlos Fuentes and Japanese Novelist Kobo Abe, Randall had fallen afoul of the McCarran-Walter Act, a McCarthy-era law best known for its three provisions that bar entry to the U.S. for Communists and subversives, including anyone deemed to have advocated Communist ideas. Although the Government regularly grants waivers, critics say the law is still used to exclude those who merely hold unpopular ideas or who question U.S. foreign policy. Says Burt Neuborne, a New York University law professor: "McCarran...
...called the Milagro Beanfield War, a modern-day fable about a native New Mexican farmer who dares to stand up to Big Business developers. But for a while it looked as though the motion picture might be better remembered as Robert Redford's Alamo. Even before filming began, Redford was daunted by the task of rendering John Nichols' 1974 novel into a suitable screenplay. "There were several attempts made," he recalls. "It was very, very difficult." Then, shortly after arriving on location in New Mexico last summer, Redford was buffeted by bad weather and stormy relations with the locals...