Word: velez
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...centuries ago. In many countries, groups of people have long pooled their cash to allow members to bury their dead or to celebrate marriages. Modern-day clubs retain much of that social flavor. In a 1981-83 study of 50 people in Mexican and Mexican-American tandas (turns), Carlos Velez-Ibanez, an anthropologist at the University of Arizona, found that 17% cited family obligations such as weddings, baptisms and funerals as reasons for their participation. Each gathering of a keh, notes Sungsoo Kim, president of the Korean-American Small Business Center of New York, is a "great party with food...
Russell expects junior Chris Sullivan to winthe high jump and Rutledge Simmons to take thetriple jump. Harvard should also sweep thesteepiechase and earn points in the sprints, withefforts from Paul Mayer, Pete Wilensky, David Sonand Mauricio Velez...
...high jump, Harvard's Chris Sullivan also scored a personal best, winning the event with a leap of 6.115 meters. Yardlings Mauricio Velez and Rob Barfield challenged each other in the long jump, taking second and third place, respectively...
Three freshmen had outstanding performances although none placed in the top three. John Mee and John Koenigsknecht both ran very well in the 400 meters, and Mauricio Velez took sixth in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.6 seconds...
...track events, junior Sean Turbitt won the 60-yd. hurdles with a time of 8.02, while freshman Mauricio Velez nabbed the 60-yd. dash...