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...Mexican-American electorate, which has doubled since 1976, helped to swing the election. Clements made much of White's opposition to the 1965 Voting Rights Act extension, and referred to himself as un hombre de palabra (a man of his word). White countered with slogans like Ya basta . . . de los Republicanos (Enough of Republicans). Chicanos agreed: the Democrats took more than 85% of the Hispanic vote. Statewide turnout was unusually high (49%), and in some black neighborhoods in Houston, which were carried heavily by White, it approached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '82: Fresh Faces in the Mansion | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

Mezcia and the Spanish Department present li Julia de Burgos!--su palabra en el tiempo y en is musica. Her poetry in time and music. Jewett Auditorium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WELLESLEY | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

After visiting India and Japan in 1952 on behalf of the Mexican Foreign Office, he began an intensive literary effort which culminated in 1960 with the publication of Libertad Bajo Palabra ("Liberty Through the Word"), a collection of his works since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mexican Poet Is Next Year's Norton Lecturer | 2/17/1971 | See Source »

...have had the inside track in Argentina. Britain is traditionally Argentina's best customer, and one of her chief suppliers. The railways are British-owned and operated, 5 o'clock tea at Harrods is British, futbol is British. When an Argentine pledges his honor he gives the palabra de ingles, "the word of an Englishman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: ARGENTINA | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

...outside Europe. Everywhere on his editors' and writers' tables the swastika has been industriously whittled; between sips of yerba maté he corrupts all the news he can lay his hands on. There are also the Communist La Hora, the Japanese Momenta Argentina and the British Libre Palabra. Through the distribution by various governments of free features and news, some provincial newspapers have taken .on the appearance of propaganda sheets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNICATIONS: What They See in the Papers | 4/19/1943 | See Source »

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