Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slim, smiling Quoc Cong Tran, 16, who arrived at a San Francisco high school from Viet Nam six months ago, language instruction means a minimum of short-term help in classroom Vietnamese, while he loads up on English in courses called English as a second language. "My future, I choose American," says Quoc...
...word Hispanic, to begin with, is a catchall term embracing new immigrants and some families that have been living in what is now the Southwestern U.S. for 300 years or more. It applies to people of white, black, Indian and, frequently, thoroughly mixed ancestry who hail from countries that sometimes seem to have little in common except historical traditions and the Spanish language itself, and even that gets a little confused at times. For example, the translation by someone from a country bordering the Caribbean for "I am waiting for the bus" might be taken by a native of South...
First time City Councilor Alice K. Wolf told The Crimson in a recent interview that she was "pleased with the current leadership" to fill the rest of Russell's mayoral term. She would not discuss her desire to become mayor until next November, which the seat once again will be up for grabs...
...Graham opts to run for O'Neill's seat, she is likely to encourage other liberal candidates to enter the council race A city councilor since 1971 and a two-term state representative, Graham says she will decide by September...
...military force if the lives of the hostages were to be preserved, would only be to their advantage as Americans witnessed Israel's necessary resolve to stand firm to the Shiite demands. The hijacking, and other terrorist actions in recent years, were designed to help dissolve long-term cooperation between the Americans and Israeli Jews, the enemy people of Moslem extremists...