Word: puerto
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Minority groups began the year with a display of unity last night as approximately 50 students from a number of organizations joined La O to observe El Grito de Lares, a celebration of Puerto Rican culture and history...
Fifty-one of those are what the office calls "underrepresented" minority groups: Black, Chicano, Native American or Puerto Rican...
Make no mistake. Lithuania wants to beat Croatia. Australia plans to beat them both. The Unified Team thinks it can take home silver in what is sure to be its final appearance in the Games. Puerto Rico has ambitions for a medal. Even Angola has its sights set on ninth place and greater respect. In the most competitive Olympic tournament since the sport was introduced in 1936, none of the other 11 teams think much about trying to beat the U.S. Dream Team. They are not idiots, after...
...would not know Bosch from Beethoven, but they all know Marciulionis. This past season as the Golden State Warrior's sixth man, he was fourth in the N.B.A. in points scored for minutes played. "He is the most exciting player I have seen in the tournament so far," said Puerto Rican coach Raymond Dalmau Perez, who at that point had not had to face Jordan...
...dream that must give Daly the worst night sweats features a player like Butch Lee. Back in 1976, Lee was not invited to the U.S. Olympic basketball trials. Instead, he played for the team from his native Puerto Rico. Spurred by a desire for revenge over the slight he felt he had suffered at the hands of the U.S. selection committee, Lee whipsawed the Americans with the performance of his life. He scored 35 points and almost single-handedly took the highly favored U.S. team to within seconds of a humiliating loss...