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Italian-American immigrants at the turn of the century were often beaten and called "just as bad as the Negroes." In 1875 The New York Times thought "it perhaps hopeless of civilizing [Italian-Americans], or keeping them in order, except by the arm of the law." Greeks were beaten and...
5) Play all games in the Polo Grounds. yeah, I know, New York's venerable ballyard was destroyed a long time ago, but I want it back. I kid you not: 483 feet to center field, 460 and 440 to the "power" alleys. Short porches at the foul poles, but...
How exactly would the E.S. major work? Well, one couldn't simply take a lot of courses that focused on Afro-Americans--that wouldn't' be a complete ethnic experience. No, each E.S. concentrator would have to take courses on Mexican-Americans, other Hispanic Americans, Chinese-Americans, Korean-Americans, Indian...
Sunday: "No changes of Poland's border will be made," he said on a visit to the first congress of a small Polish right-wing group. BORING ZHIRINOVSKY, a Polish newspaper headlined its story: "Vladimir Volfovich did not violate borders yesterday, he drank within limits, loved Poles and went to...
The mood at the Alpine races was exuberant. The frigid temperature -- down to 1 degree F -- seemed only to stimulate flag-waving, cowbell-clanking Norwegians. Before the race they bounced up and down to keep warm -- and to keep time with the weirdly appropriate golden oldies blasting from loudspeakers. One...