Word: parra
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Maria Luisa Parra de Leroux, a teaching assistant in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures who herself emigrated from Mexico and entered bilingual education programs, says she attended a rally to protest the Unz petition...
...recent parent teacher association meeting at her son’s school in Somerville, Parra de Leroux gave a presentation in Spanish at an otherwise English-dominated forum...
...Parra de Leroux says the educational system will let down students who do not speak English if it bars them from bilingual programs...
Winter Olympians, happily, aren’t as objectionable. It’s very difficult to dislike David Parra and I certainly rooted for Chris Klug, who came back from a liver transplant to win a bronze in snowboarding’s giant slalom...
...Flowers' was only one of many feel-good stories in Salt Lake City. Chris Klug, liver transplant recipient, won a bronze medal in giant slalom snowboarding. Bode Miller, with his ferocious final runs in event after event, established himself as the most exciting comeback kid in skiing history. Parra, separated for much of the last year from his wife, who was back home in Miami giving birth to their first-born while he was training with the team in Utah, said he hoped his dedication would inspire kids of Latin heritage. Cuban American speed skater Jen Rodriguez...