Word: mexicans
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...addition, the number of Mexican-Americans seeking admission increased by 25 percent, while the number of Hispanic-Americans jumped by 13 percent. The number of African-American applicants increased by 6.4 percent, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons...
...It’s a Mexican style lucha libre” he says, pleased to reveal himself a wrestling aficionado. “I wear it for, frankly, the in your face aspect….I like to back up what I say, like to have some heft behind it. It was confrontational. I’m proud of where I’m from…and,” he adds with a laugh, “I really like pro wrestling...
...freshest notion a third way could bring to Latin America is transparent, accountable democratic institutions. The most pressing urgency is the need for judicial systems and police forces that can tackle Venezuela's soaring murder rate or neutralize Mexican drug gangs so vicious they're tossing the heads of decapitated rivals in streets and nightclubs. "Crime," Calderon concedes, "is a battle we are losing." Among many others. So maybe now, with the battle for Latin America's soul over, conservatives and leftists - and Washington - can focus together for once on a war to reduce the region's social and economic...
...thing that really puzzled the Mexicans we got to know was the gringos who come down and start the litany of complaints about inefficiencies. Gringo amnesia is having the lights go out in your village and forgetting that lights go out in the States too. Or getting irritated at a long line and forgetting what it's like to stand at the Department of Motor Vehicles. We went down determined to do things the Mexican way, and it was appreciated by our Mexican friends...
...Mexican food or American when you're in Mexico...