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Word: puerto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...perhaps a little apathy," according to Marina Santini '98. "It's hard to keep up with grants, communication with other groups, and activities." Santini says, especially if potential members are already dedicating their time and energy to other Latin American organizations. Santini emphasizes that "La O is the only Puerto Rican group on campus," but even with this difference it has been difficult to resurrect the club...

Author: By Irene S. Hsu, | Title: Group Initiation | 4/13/1995 | See Source »

...lookouts, who meet groups of would-be immigrants arriving from Santo Domingo and direct them to hiding places in safe houses and the surrounding jungle. Makeshift boats--weighted down by rocks and submerged in the stream near town--are waiting to take the travelers to the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico, where they can easily board a flight to New York City. Even the chickens have a role in this secret commerce: three times a day a boy delivers slaughtered birds and boxes of white rice to the refugees, who may wait days or weeks for their boat to leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANGEROUS TIDES | 4/10/1995 | See Source »

...shifted to this point of less resistance. The Dominican Republic's seven busy international airports and minimal visa restrictions make it difficult to monitor the comings and goings of foreigners. And once refugees weather the 110-mile boat trip from the northern coast of the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, they can usually slip onto a U.S.-bound flight without a document check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANGEROUS TIDES | 4/10/1995 | See Source »

Pitcher Miguel Alicea compiled a 2-2 record in Puerto Rico last year, racking up 39 saves with...

Author: By Ethan G. Drogin, | Title: Pure Baseball | 4/7/1995 | See Source »

According to the admissions office, 25 Native American students were admitted this year, breaking last year's record of 19. Hispanic American admits numbered 78 students, up from 66. Forty Puerto Rican students were invited to join the class of 1999,2 more than...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Admits to Class of '99 Set Diversity Records | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

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