Word: rootedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The kid who traded shots with Slicc was a member of the East Side Longos, a large Mexican-American gang rooted in the Hispanic community that settled along Anaheim Street in Long Beach (pop. 429,000) after World War II. Three decades later, Cambodian immigrants seeking affordable homes arrived. "At...
If you are like millions of other Americans, you may find yourself at the doorstep of a homeopathic doctor or a "guided imagery" therapist or a chiropractor or any of the other innumerable practitioners of "alternative medicine." Some of these alternatives, like acupuncture or shiatsu massage, are rooted in ancient...
Edwards, like Duke, has an image problem rooted in his own troubled past. Though his womanizing, high-rolling ways may endear him to many voters in a state that has always loved a good rascal, even Louisianians have a limited tolerance for corruption these days. During his previous term as...
It's an attitude deeply rooted in Johnston's own conviction that soccer is not everything.
Leguizamo is, in fact, part of a wave of young minority comedians who use laughter to lampoon ethnic and other stereotypes, often at the risk of offending fellow minorities. Damon and Keenen Ivory Wayans have widened the parameters of black humor on their TV show In Living Color, enacting such...