Word: juana
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...figures as Enheduanna (c. 2300 B.C.), the first writer in history, male or female, whose work has been preserved. A Sumerian moon priestess, she composed incantations that still resonate in the present. Considerable space has also been given to the dazzling Mexican poet of the Spanish Golden Age, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, as well as to America's incomparable Emily Dickinson. Willis Barnstone's rendering of all 24 of the 16th century love sonnets of the French poet Louise Labe is one of the glories of the collection...
Connally, too, immersed himself quickly in the island ways. In the mountain towns of Coamo and Juana Díaz, he sipped Maví, a tropical bark drink, and wolfed down alcapurrias (plantain stuffed with meat). As he rode down the main street of Ponce, whistles shrieked from atop the century-old red firehouse and a loudspeaker in a blue van barked to pedestrians: "El quiere saludarte. Dale tu mano." (He wants to say hello. Shake his hand.) They cheered wildly when he grabbed a microphone to yell, ?"Estadidad ahora!"(statehood now). On the next day, he strolled down Calle...
Then there is the identity problem, which most candidates meet at one time or another. An elderly man in Juana Díaz cheered Connally lustily under the impression that he was Kennedy. Baker took no chances: as he made his rounds, a spotter moved ahead of him in the crowds to make sure that people shook the right hand. "El de los pantalones amarillos, "he repeated to onlookers (He's the one in the yellow pants...