Word: mexicans
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Says Warren, “If Jimmy Page and Thom Yorke were pitted against each other in a Mexican wrestling match, and David Bowie was the referee, The States would be the outcome...
Rincon is a Mexican-American student from Century High, an inner-city school in the predominantly low-income city of Santa Ana, Calif. The first person from Century to come to Harvard, she is precisely the kind of student that the University has been targeting under the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI)—a flagship program that could drastically alter the socioeconomic makeup of the undergraduate population...
...Made in the USA" used to be mandatory for military procurement, but the Pentagon, under pressure to buy more efficiently, has opened bidding beyond U.S. borders--and foreigners are piling in. The Colt handgun, first used by the U.S. military in the Mexican-American War of 1846, has been replaced as standard-issue infantry gear by an Italian-designed Beretta. A Brazilian-made Embraer surveillance plane will soon patrol battlefields for the Army rather than a Gulfstream jet produced in Savannah, Ga. Britain's BAE Systems contributes avionics to the F-16, F-18 and F-117 bombers. Rolls-Royce...
...also granted the Angels the dubious distinction of being the only major pro-sports franchise identified by two cities. Yet tonight awestruck fans greet him like a savior. A man in a WE ARE NOT LA Angels T shirt praises him. "It means so much to have a Mexican-American owner," a Hispanic fan tells Moreno, the first Latino team owner in major U.S. sports. "As long as we win," says another, "I don't care if you call them the Schenectady Mud Hens...
Both the set and the costumes reflected a flair for brilliant colors. From the traditional Mexican costumes of Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan to the flashy Brazilian-flag wear of Candela Hip Hop, performers were radiantly attired. The set designed by Illiana C. Quimbaya ’05 featured the flags of Latin America, as well as some palm trees to add to the outdoor night-club motif of the second half of the show...