Word: spanishness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rossello's speech came two days after the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the battleship Maine, an incident which triggered the Spanish-American War in which Puerto Rico came under U.S. control...
Just two years ago, when El Niño was just a Spanish expression, the Boston area was perpetually under a heavy white blanket of snow, including a large storm in mid-April that put the total snow accumulation for Boston at its highest level in 100 years...
Just two years ago, when El Ni–o was just a Spanish expression, the Boston area was perpetually under a heavy white blanket of snow, including a large storm in mid-April that put the total snow accumulation for Boston at its highest level in 100 years...
...construction spanned a century (I forget which, though I did take the tour) in the Middle Ages, and beside it stands the Giralda, a Moorish tower that is even older. Its flying buttresses arch against the blue sky like a tangible dream of medieval times, the proverbial Spanish castle, its grey stone begrimed with the sweat of 20th century traffic...
...Junior Prof. in Spanish Literature Promoted" (News, Feb. 9): I would like to clarify some of the comments I am reported to have made. As you imply, I am delighted by the announcement of Professor Bradley Epp's tenure. It would, however, be wholly erroneous for me to suggest that Professor Epp's field "is not one in most demand," and I certainly did not do so. The courses which he has offered since I have been at Harvard, which include courses on gay studies and comparative Romance literatures, are at the forefront of contemporary debates and are urgently...