Word: silva
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Among Latinos, Spanglish conversations often flow easily from Spanish into several sentences of English and back again. "It is done unconsciously," explains Carmen Silva-Corvalan, a Chilean-born associate professor of linguistics at the University of Southern California, who speaks Spanglish with relatives and neighbors. "I couldn't even tell you minutes later if I said something in Spanish or in English...
Some of those who shopped the dozens of stalls where squid was being cooked and sold were recent converts to this saltwater delicacy. "I just began eating squid when I came to this fair two years ago," said Alicia Silva, who had traveled from San Jose with her husband Joe and their children Amelia and Joseph, all gathered around a picnic table as they breakfasted on golden fried squid rings dipped in tartar sauce...
Helped by McConaghy's three-run triple in the sixth inning and Cobb's blast in the seventh, the Crimson exploded for seven runs against losing pitcher Jeff Silva to take the first game...
...Yale contract improved pensions by approximately 10 percent, according to Richard Silva, Yale director of benefits and records. The contract assured that pension benefits would be calculated independent of social security benefits...
...improved, they may not be as generous as at Harvard. Under Harvard's current pension plan, an employee who worked at the University for 20 years and left with a $20,000 final salary would garner an annual retirement benefit of $5,650. Yale's plan, as described by Silva, would give the same employee $4,450 each year...