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...Boston Globe reports that State Representative Charles F. Flaherty (D-Cambridge) went junketing with lobbyists in Puerto Rico. Now, State Senator Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge) is calling for a blue-ribbon commission to reestablish public confidence in the legislature
Charlotte E. Neuhaus, a senior from Puerto Rico, said the students had originally wanted the post to be filled in the history department, but were now willing to accept the appointment in another field. Neuhaus is one of the approximately ten students who supports the group but is not participating in the strike...
HARRY CONDE HAD HAD ENOUGH. WHEN A 13-YEAR-old reached into the Marine gunnery sergeant's humvee on a busy Mogadishu street and snatched the prescription sunglasses from his face last February, the 33-year-old native of Puerto Rico wheeled and shot the boy in the stomach, also wounding a bystander. He claimed self-defense, arguing that the constant threat of attack from brazen youths in the lawless Somali capital had unnerved him. A court-martial found Conde guilty of aggravated assault, stripped him of his rank and imposed a $1,706 fine. Twelve thousand U.S. servicemen remain...
...excellent teacher," said Buso-Garcia, who has heard the author speak in Puerto Rico. "He's the best Puerto Rican author of our generation. He's an amazing writer...
Sanchez, who focuses his writings largely on Puerto Rican culture and cultural history, is best known for his 1976 novel La Gauaracha de Macho Camacho (Macho Camacho's Beat). He teaches one semester at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras and one semester at CUNY each year