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...computer phobic, rest assured: you can do without. Working with a vintage Smith-Corona, Ida Quintana Foraci, 70, explored her family, discovered a French-speaking Pawnee grandmother and traced her ancestors through families intertwined since New Mexico was part of Spain. She delved into archdiocesan records, statistical abstracts and old Spanish histories at the Denver Public Library. On a monthly pension of $400, she sold most of her furniture so she could publish her findings: 22 volumes documented back to the arrival of conquistador Don Juan Onate in 1598. It is now a valuable resource for Hispanic genealogists. "I spent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genealogy: Roots Mania | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

Andrea R. Quintana '02 said she was initiallyambivalent about being placed in Quincy butchanged her mind once she met some enthusiasticcurrent Quincy residents at lunch...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Class of 2002 Learns Housing Fate | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

...entered Annenberg feelingindifferent, Quintana said, "I walked out like,'Yeah, Quincy...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Class of 2002 Learns Housing Fate | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

...Steve Quintana III, who founded the House of Obatala, led the evening's celebration. During the dancing, he actively recruited dancers from the surrounding crowd. Lowell House Co-Master Diana L. Eck joined a circle dance to the rhythm of the drums and gourds...

Author: By John P. Posch, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Join in Santeria Festival | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Julianne Moore has a few great moments as a seductive experimental artist. John Turturro is also on hand as the egocentric, purple spandex-clad bowler Jesus Quintana, quite possibly the more outrageous character he as ever played...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Coen Brothers' Loopy Lebowski Is Rife With Memorable Characters | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

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