Word: puerto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year-old phenomenon can be defined, under the ancient definition, as a social movement that was started by the black and Puerto Rican underclass in the Bronx during the late '70s, or by the '90s version of the term, as a culture that includes a type of spoken-word-over-beats music with a collection of dance videos that are now seeping into the houses of the world's elite. The definitions are part of a continuum; what started as the cries of a disadvantaged group has become a billion dollar industry, one where the investors need the black face...
...spent in solitary confinement. Tone referred to this aspect of Blood's sentence as being "buried alive. You don't see anybody else getting a sentence like that. What about Gotti? What about the guy that blew up the World Trade Center? No. Why Blood? Because he's a Puerto Rican!" Tone himself is currently serving 10 to 15 years in prison in what he claims are unsubstantiated drug charges. He was arrested as part of "Operation Crown," a somewhat incredulous sting operation supposedly involving more than 1,000 police and federal agents that did result in the arrest...
...spent in solitary confinement. Tone referred to this aspect of Blood's sentence as being "buried alive. You don't see anybody else getting a sentence like that. What about Gotti? What about the guy that blew up the World Trade Center? No. Why Blood? Because he's a Puerto Rican!" Tone himself is currently serving 10 to 15 years in prison in what he claims are unsubstantiated drug charges. He was arrested as part of "Operation Crown," a somewhat incredulous sting operation supposedly involving more than 1,000 police and federal agents that did result in the arrest...
Mexican-American admits declined .4 percent to 3.1 percent, Hispanic-American students increased from 3.4 to 3.7 percent and the percentage of Puerto Rican students remained unchanged...
Fatigue, chills and dwindling fuel supplies forgotten, two men in a balloon high above the Atlantic have the wind at their backs and their eyes firmly on the prize. Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones' balloon, Breitling Orbiter 3, rose gently toward the heavens 100 miles north of Puerto Rico Thursday afternoon. At 32,670 feet they were swept along at a brisk 88 miles an hour by the surging jet stream, which they hope will carry them to Africa and into the history books. The pair set out on March 1 and have already come closer than anyone to realizing...