Word: ricans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...door blown in," Kevin Kallaugher said, summing up the Classics' opening encounter with the national team. Despite the 86-50 debacle, the team was never nonplused after hitting the hard-wood of Mayaguez in their third crack at the Puerto Rican squad...
...wailed through the rafters of the air-conditioned coliseum in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico as the Classics, Harvard's self-styled "vagabonding basketeers" took to the floor, undaunted by the murmur of a capacity crowd and the steady woosh emanating from the opposite end of the court as the Puerto Rican national team ran through a dunking drill...
...Classics touched down in San Juan at the start of spring vacation and found themselves the talk of the town after a publicity blitz by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation and the People to People Sports Federation that sponsored the goodwill trip...
Curiously, foreigners prefer restaurants that specialize in food from other than their own country. Indians are generally disappointed with Indian food, but relish Mid-Eastern cuisine. One Puerto Rican says there are no good Puerto Rican restaurants around--besides, she would rather dine on seafood, which she adores. A student from Kenya can't find restaurants that serve African food so instead he eats Indian foods that have a familiar flavor. Everyone salivates over Chinese food--except for the Chinese...
...PAST, Puerto Rican voters have consistently chosen some form of association, with the United States. In the gubernatorial elections this coming fall, Ruben Berrios of PIP and Juan Mari Bras of PSP will both run, but they will probably poll together less than 10 per cent of the vote. Governor Hernandez Colon of the Popular Democratic Party will run against Carlos Romero Barcelo, mayor of San Juan and head of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP). The PNP derives its support mainly from conservatives in the middle and upper classes, though it appeals to all those who want Puerto...