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Word: puerto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...territory's half million population, Caucasians-not including 32,000 Army, Navy and Air Force personnel-comprise 33.4%. The rest: Japanese, 32.4%; part-Hawaiian, 12.4%; Filipinos, 10.4% ; Chinese, 5.9% ; pure Hawaiian, 2.1% ; Koreans, 1.4% ; Puerto Rican, .8% ; all others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Knock on the Door | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

Most outstanding 50 yd. man now present and accounted for, with the eligibility of Norm Watkins and Bill MacVicar still in doubt, is Milt Busby. The latter operative, who learned his sleek stroke in the warm Caribbean waters which wash the Puerto Riean literal, is currently paired with Al Weatherhead in the 100 freestyle...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/4/1947 | See Source »

...generations, Hawaii's teachers have struggled to make their students learn English, and haven't succeeded yet. Most of Hawaii's polyglot population-Hawaiians, Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, Puerto Ricans-prefer pidgin English, the nearest thing to a common language in the Islands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Much Pilikia, Many Huhu | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...roommate, Puerto Rican Miss Margarita Silva-Santiago, pointed out that her friend was "in a terribly nervous condition. She had fallen back in her studies because of fear of not passing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Suicide Earns Experts' Vote In Flint Death | 11/29/1947 | See Source »

...must have added Alaska, Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 20, 1947 | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

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