Word: origin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Arecent NBC immigration poll indicated that the number of people of Hispanic origin in the United States grew 53 percent between 1980 and 1990. With this influx have come forceful voices calling for one name under which all Spanish speakers can unify. Earl Shorris, author of the recently published Latinos: Biography of the People, favors "Latino," a term whose very sound embodies the one strand that Shorris believes ties all of these people together: their common language...
Very often, this is simply not the case. The actual number of Spaniards or "Spanish" entering the U.S. represents only a minute fraction of Hispanic immigration. Some have argued that the term is perfectly justifiable and legitimate because the origin of all Spanish-speakers can be traced back to Spain...
British Airways, one of the largest and most profitable carriers in the world, is taxiing toward unlimited access to U.S. markets vital to the Big Three. USAir, with its concentration of hubs in the eastern U.S., the point of origin for much travel to Europe, can give British Airways crushing new clout in the critical transatlantic market. At the same time, the deal will make USAir a formidable domestic competitor once more. USAir chief executive Seth Schofield conceded, "It's their worst nightmare: competition that they did not expect and do not want. An amicable truce is literally impossible. There...
Regular Hillel diners--dinner is served sixdays a week and open to all students on the mealplan--do not fit any neat stereotypes, whether ofconcentration, of political interest, or ofgeographic origin. And dinner discussions,students say, are lively and varied...
...council chair said the investigatory panelwill continue to probe unanswered questions raisedby the election, including the origin of ananonymous letter claiming responsibility for thevote tampering and several prank phone callsallegedly received by Poulios and Prabhu...