Word: salgado
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...problem. In the southern town of San Juan del Sur, "Rodrigo," 27, told TIME that his neighbors have been warned to vote for the Sandinistas or risk losing their food ration cards. "It's not a fear of repression, as in Somoza's times," says Domingo Sanchez Salgado, presidential candidate of the small Socialist party. "It is a fear of repercussions...
...lobbies feature turret-like booths with small slots for keeping rifles trained on potential thieves. According to Geraldo Vidigal, a lawyer for the Federation of Brazilian Bank Associations, these armored guardhouses initially provided "a certain psychological deterrent," but ultimately proved useless. Once a robbery is under way, says Roberto Salgado, director of the Brazilian Association of Guard and Security Companies, "most banks instruct the guards not to shoot where there's a chance of losing a customer or a teller." Perhaps as a result, guards often find themselves forced at gunpoint to turn over their arms to the robbers...
...Albert Sidney Johnston High, Austin. Three years ago, the school had a largely vocational curriculum with a student body almost entirely composed of minority students. It lagged behind all other Austin schools academically. Recalls Principal Adan Salgado: "We were the doormat of the district...
...problem that turned out to be its inspiration: a 1980 court-ordered desegregation plan resulted in busing half of its students from white sections of town. When white parents began protesting against the new plan, Johnston's faculty became determined to improve the school. Led by Salgado, who can call most of his 1,700 students by their first names, the administration began beefing up the academic program, installing the school system's first computer center and adding advanced courses in French, Latin, math, biology and chemistry. White enrollment has grown from 44% during the first year...
Joseph F. Salgado...