Word: resistance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...latino." How hip? A New Wave rock band formed by U.S.-born Mexican Americans is called Los Illegals. Avance, a stylish new magazine written in English, has a young, upscale circulation of 35,000. But for every trendy Avance subscriber in L.A. there are at least ten who resist adaptation. Says L.A. Times Columnist Frank del Olmo: "There's a large segment within the legal population who see themselves as Mexicans. They don't necessarily want to stay in the U.S. forever...
Already the separatists who resist accepting English have won laws and court cases mandating provision of social services, some government instructions, even election ballots in Spanish. The legitimizing effect of these decisions can be seen in the proliferation of billboards, roadside signs and other public communications posted in Spanish. Acknowledges Professor Ramon Ruiz of the University of California at San Diego: "The separatism question is with us already." The most portentous evidence is in the classrooms. Like its political cousins, equal opportunity and social justice, bilingual education is a catchall term that means what the speaker wishes it to mean...
...should set the standards for a society. The reforms recommended by the National Commission on Excellence in Education can help youngsters who have the potential to be educated. However, the proposals cannot compensate for role models that are lacking in the home. Education should follow its traditional function and resist social experimentation...
When Reagan on Thursday morning held a White House meeting with congressional leaders to appeal for bipartisanship on such foreign policy issues as funding for the MX missile and Central America, Wright could not resist complaining directly to Reagan: "You can't have it both ways. We in Congress can't be expected to be supporters one day and whipping boys the next." With a smile, Reagan told Wright that he had heard his "alibi artist" dig, and added, "I think I've got a couple more cracks coming myself...
President Reagan praises the virtues of free trade in speeches, but his Administration has been unable to resist the outcry for protection. Admits William Brock, the U.S. trade representative: "None of us is without sin." In the case of autos, the U S has politely but firmly persuaded the Japanese for three straight years to put a 1 68 million limit on the cars they export to the U.S., about 20% of the American market. Detroit is still not satisfied. Iacocca wants the Japanese to be held to 15%. The United Auto Workers are pushing in Congress a "domestic content...