Word: mexico
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ruling reinstates the case of oil-rig worker Joseph Oncale--earlier thrown out by an appeals court--against Sundowner Offshore Services, a Houston firm that drills for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Oncale had worked on offshore rigs before (and does today), but says he never encountered such abusive treatment as when he signed on with Sundowner in 1991. He claims, for instance, that three male co-workers held him down in a shower and shoved a bar of soap between his buttocks. One of them threatened rape, he says. He quit and later was found to have posttraumatic...
...Many Latinas come from a very traditional society in which family is the most important factor," said Barbara Escobio '01, a board member of Latinas Unidas who is originally from Mexico. "There's a mentality of 'you stay in the house until you walk out the door with your husband...
...magazine a distinctive voice. Men were not famous but "famed," not powerful but "potent." High on the list of accolades was "able." All were masculine terms of approbation: the news in Homeric mode, demigods or villains on tiptoe. TIME's writers loved Homer's narrative techniques. Compound adjectives: Mexico's President Francisco Madero was "wild-eyed." The World War I German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was "long-whiskered." Public figures were tagged with mock-heroic identifying phrases. Minnesota's Senator Henrik Shipstead was invariably "the duck-hunting dentist...
...Louisville 15. South Carolina 21-6 Friday vs. Auburn or Florida 16. Arkansas 22-7 Friday vs. Tennessee or LSU 17. Michigan 21-8 Friday vs. Iowa 18. Illinois 21-8 Friday vs. Penn St. or Wisconsin 19. UCLA 21-7 Thursday vs. Arizona State 20. New Mexico 21-6 Thursday vs. Tulsa or BYU 21. Maryland 18-9 Friday vs. Georgia Tech 22. Syracuse 22-7 Thursday vs. Villanova or Pitt 23. West Virginia 22-7 Thursday vs. Miami or G-town 24. Temple 20-7 Thursday vs. LaSalle or St. Joe's 25. Oklahoma St. 21-5 Friday...
...whether Clinton did or did not have an extramarital relationship won't affect anyone. But the entire nation will still feel the impact of having a strong economy. If I were Clinton's adviser, I would stick to the campaign slogan "It's the economy, stupid!" JORGE VILLELA Mexico City...