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...VIDA, by Oscar Lewis. Anthropologist Lewis' tape-recorded view of Mexican poverty, gathered at its roots in The Children of Sanchez, cut considerably more deeply than most sociology goes. This time the compelling scene is poverty among the Puerto Ricans, and it is unrelievedly ugly...
...Anthropologist-Author Oscar Lewis found them "closer to the expression of an unbridled id than any other people I have studied." As in his earlier experiments with total sociology -Five Families, The Children of Sánchez-Lewis lets his subjects tell their story into a tape recorder. In Sanchez, this approach produced something very much like poetry, as a fiercely proud, slum-dwelling Mexican family exposed their seams and their hearts to Lewis' patient, uncritical machine. In La Vida, the effect is suffocating and ugly...
Although political turmoil may be the spice of life at South American universities, it is far from being their most serious problem. Judged solely by academic considerations, the quality of the education they offer is shockingly low. Dr. Luis Alberto Sanchez, rector of the University of San Marcos in Peru, goes so far as to say that some of his country's 22 universities are in danger of becoming "intellectual slums...
...TIME: 18 years later. THE PLACE: Crosley Field, Cincinnati. Juan Antonio Marichal Sanchez, 27, star pitcher of the National League-leading San Francisco Giants, is feeling lousy. His neck is stiff, his shoulder aches, his elbow hurts. He is dosed with vitamins, painkillers and anti-allergens. Caramba! But never fear. He stands there on the mound with a big grin on his face, firing baseballs at the Reds as if he didn't have a care in the world. In the fourth inning, with the bases loaded, he strikes out Cincinnati's Johnny Edwards on five pitches...
Nancy Hernandez, 21, is a long way from being Santa Barbara's mother of the year. Estranged from her husband, by whom she has one child, she has lately been living with another man, by whom she has a second child. Not only is her lover, Joseph Sanchez, a narcotics addict, but last month Nancy pleaded guilty to the charge of being in a place (Sanchez's apartment) where narcotics were unlawfully used...