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Word: rican (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...somber judgment scene from Aida unfolds. Portraying the Egyptian princess Amneris is a singer identified in the program as "Carmelita Della Vaca- Browne," a burly Puerto Rican ex-soprano whose voice (since she gave birth to triplets) has darkened to a take-no-prisoners mezzo. In the role of the doomed warrior Radames, all-American tenor "Tex Stolto" can't seem to resist handing out 8-by-10 glossies of himself. And as Ramfis, the high priest, Russian bass "Boris Pistoff" doffs his headdress to reveal himself as a Conehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Falsettos and Falsies | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

...Dartboard can't help but picture the scene. On a hot, sticky night in a dark Puerto-Rican club, a new dance emerges: "La Bobbitt." Women gyrate down to their partners' waists, mimicking a pair of scissors with their fingers. They begin to mime a "snip-snip" action as the male recoils in terror. Better than Voguing! Banda Gorda makes a killing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CULTURAL ATTRACTION | 12/3/1994 | See Source »

...Ramos family says it ever heard from the Krafts, who are all unemployed except for Marie, 65, who assembles door parts in a factory. Isidor Ramos, 40, a black 19-year veteran of the Chicago police department, says the Krafts called him a "nigger" and his wife, a Puerto Rican, a "spic." Daughter Mindy, 20, has been called a "spic whore"; Ivan, 12, a "little nigger"; and Mychall, 9, a "little spic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evict Thy Neighbor | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

...fanatic Puerto Rican nationalists who tried to assassinate Harry Truman in 1950 attacked him when he was living across the street in Blair House while the White House was being renovated. One was killed on the sidewalk. A White House policeman also died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Never Safe Enough | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

...tells these potential supporters that he understands Hispanic concerns because one of his business partners is the former dean of a Costa Rican business school...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Romney Gains Momentum As He Keeps On Running | 10/21/1994 | See Source »

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