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...year old Ford program provides grants to U.S. citizens who are Puerto Rican, Mexican-American, Native American, Alaskan natives, Pacific Islanders or African American...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seven Ford Fellowships Are Awarded | 9/17/1997 | See Source »

...madman even in his teens, the second is that he was doing so because he was a well-read and ambitious man determined to claim his place in literary history. Meticulously keeping carbons of all his 20,000 letters, and taking himself seriously even when slaving for a Puerto Rican bowling magazine, Thompson figured out early that the best way to make a name for himself was by fashioning a persona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: THE MASK BEHIND THE MAN | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

...second is that he was doing so because he was a well-read and ambitious man determined to claim his place in literary history," says TIME's Pico Iyer. Meticulously keeping carbons of all his 20,000 letters, and taking himself seriously even when slaving for a Puerto Rican bowling magazine, Thompson figured out early that the best way to make a name for himself was by fashioning a persona. The deliriously entertaining rants assembled here trace the renegade?s progress from editing the sports pages of his Air Force?base magazine, through a stint as a TIME copy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weekend Entertainment Guide | 6/6/1997 | See Source »

Arias, who won the Peace Prize for his efforts to end armed conflict in Central America, continues to advocate conflict prevention through the United Nations. The former Costa Rican president said that in the post-Cold War era the primary concern of policymakers should be poverty and not military aggression...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Kennedy Urges Peace | 4/15/1997 | See Source »

...Archbishop began the morning by addressing the body of students and community members on the theme of "worship." He titled his talk "How Awful Is This Place!", and covered themes such as blind hero worship and how a female student "worshipped a Puerto Rican wrestler named Bruno." He also mentioned "God" and "Christ" numerous times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memorial Church Talk Also 'Front for Christ' | 4/15/1997 | See Source »

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