Word: puerto
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...Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Brighton) and U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass), the jackpot seems to lie in Las Vegas and Puerto Rico, where cocktail parties and hotel-hopping this year have helped to fatten their campaign piggy-banks...
While Sen. Kennedy targeted donors in the gambling capital of the U.S. to raise four percent of his $939,070 in earnings for this year's first quarter, Rep. Kennedy hit the Puerto Rico coast, collecting more than 28 percent of his cumulative $115,230 in the same period, according to campaign finance reports released by the Federal Election Commission...
...strikingly similar event--also with local physicians and other professionals--at the Hyatt Regency Cerromar in Puerto Rico, Rep. Kennedy, who is seeking his fifth term, was dealt more than $32,400 in contributions...
...Silent Blessings," according to its writer and director, Roberto Buso-Garcia, '94, "is the story of two Puerto Rican brothers living in Cambridge, chronicling a string of critical moments in their romantic, familial and cultural lives." The emergence of the film and its umbrella organization, the Harvard/Radcliffe Filmmakers, is part of a concerted effort by about 40 to 50 Harvard students to revolutionize independent filmmaking at the college. As the premiere draws near, the people who worked with the film recalled its production, filming, and the ups and downs of what for many was a new kind of artistic experience...
...Administration's short list seemed likely. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt was quick to say he didn't want the job. Federal appeals court Judge Richard Arnold has the post-Whitewater disadvantage of being a Friend of Bill's from Arkansas. The most serious second contender is Jose Cabranes, a Puerto Rican- born federal district judge in Connecticut who would be the first Latino to serve on the court. While Clinton could win some advantage with Hispanic voters by choosing Cabranes, his record on the bench is so moderate that he was also on George Bush's list of potential nominees...