Word: mexicans
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...drugs that was much higher than the cost of the drugs themselves, and punished anyone using the drugs without paying the tax. By 1937, 23 states had outlawed marijuana: some to stop former morphine addicts from taking up a new drug, and some as a backlash against newly arrived Mexican immigrants, some of whom brought the drug with them. Also in 1937, the Federal Government passed the Marihuana Tax Act, which made nonmedical use of marijuana illegal. Only the birdseed industry, which argued that hemp seeds gave birds' feathers a particularly shiny gloss, was exempted, and to this day birdseed...
...more than signal its confidence that the birthplace of bossa nova can put on the world's biggest sports spectacle. No country in Latin America--or anywhere else in the developing world--has hosted an Olympics since 1968, when Mexican soldiers massacred hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators just days before the opening of the Mexico City Games. By tapping Rio, the IOC affirmed the widely held opinion that Brazil--a democracy and the only nation among the world's 10 largest economies never to have held an Olympics--is the first Latin country developed enough to give the region...
Representatives from Chipotle Mexican Grill and Boloco said their tents— which feature interactive activities— saw increased visitor traffic on Saturday, but they failed to maintain that level of traffic on Sunday. Boloco, which had two tents, decided to close one tent earlier than originally planned...
Henry Herrera, of Herrera’s Mexican Grill, said that, in the ten years his restaurant has participated in the Regatta, his tent experienced the slowest traffic this year. Part of the reason, he said, was that the “bad weather forecast” kept some tourists away, but he also cited increased competition as another explanation...
Delgado said she decided to participate in the discussion to show that interracial dating isn’t binary—between just Caucasians and Blacks—but includes relationships like hers, between a Mexican-American and a Filipino...