Word: ethnically
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...ghetto of South Brooklyn, and they call themselves the "Black and Puerto Rican Stoners" to indicate that they are as hard and as solid as stone. Their uniforms are Army-type fatigues, combat boots and green berets. In addition to being "trustworthy" and "loyal," the Stoners promise to "have ethnic pride," and they pledge allegiance to the flag with clenched fists over their hearts. Their oath: "On my honor I will do my best to help my brother and sister at all times, and to help build up my community and my nation...
...former German territory east of the Oder and Neisse rivers that was ceded to Poland after World War II as compensation for 71,000 sq. mi. of Polish territory that had been annexed by Russia. In turn, the Poles have agreed to allow the 100,000 or so ethnic Germans remaining in Poland to resettle in West Germany...
...that the animated spots were overly repetitive, even for commercials, and Mrs. Cooney agrees; this year there will be less repetition. In response to complaints from inside and outside the staff that the show's approach was too Waspish for its audience, Mrs. Cooney has approved a more emphatic ethnic style. A black Muppet, Roosevelt Franklin, has become a star. Miguel (Jaime Sanchez), a Spanish-speaking actor, will be an occasional host. The show will also be less male-oriented; a female writer has been added to give it a more feminine slant...
...empty lots be turned into a "people's park." While zealously removing demonstrators, the police and National Guardsmen left one man dead, 150 people injured and nearly 900 arrested, many of them innocent bystanders. But apart from that crisis, Heyns was widely admired for starting an ethnic studies program, aiding poor students and dealing fairly and firmly with both radicals and the conservative board of regents. This fall, Berkeley has been remarkably peacefuland academically as good as ever...
...Wyke is very pukka. Tindle is half Italian with a half-Jewish father. Wyke can be loftily amusing about this ("Some of my best friends are half-Jews"), but he can also spit with rage ("a wop, a yid, a not-one-of-me face"). This is a seething ethnic confrontation and it gives Sleuth a core of passion that most mysteries, and all too many plays, lack...