Word: rodolfo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...protagonists of Murger's novel are flamboyant, young artists, but the 150 years since its publication have not been kind to these bohemians. Kaurismaki makes them too scruffy to be dashing and too old, it seems, to be passionate. Inexplicably, Rodolfo (Matti Pellonpaa) has been made an illegal immigrant from Albania (perhaps this detail is meant to account for his occasionally irritating accent). All three artists seem to have given up the struggle to attain fame and wealth about 10 years ago. For most of the film, they can barely manage the energy to light a cigarette...
...American. Debunking stereotypes, the survey found a high degree of assimilation into the American mainstream among Latinos. A large majority of those surveyed expressed strong love for the U.S., and more than 90% said Hispanics should learn English. Also, more than 65% feel that there are too many immigrants. Rodolfo O. de la Garza of the University of Texas at Austin, the survey's head researcher, says European immigrants developed the same anti-newcomer sentiment. Ironically, it's an attitude as American as apple...
...first year to both the College and the Undergraduate Council, I feel compelled to respond to the charges in Rodolfo Fernandez's feature ("How Does the Council Measure Up" November 2) condemning the council. In the course of establishing an argument for structural reform in the council, Fernandez took plenty of potshots but offered no practical plan to replace the effective standing structure. Indeed, I find it difficult to believe that anyone could take this diatribe seriously after comparing it to plain common sense...
Xiao-huang Yin, a historian of Asian American culture, and Rodolfo O. De La Garsa, a scholar of Latino politics, were offered visiting positions. Both announced at the last minute that they would not be able to join the Harvard faculty this year...
Carnesale has already met with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., chair of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' Department of Afro-American Studies, and with Visiting Professor Rodolfo de la Garza to discuss methods for identifying more minority candidates for faculty positions...