Word: latinity
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...economy has been booming along for more than four years at an average of 4.2% growth, and the Board saw that trend continuing in 2000. Now the rest of the world is picking up steam. The pace is by no means even, of course. Some regions, like Latin America, are up against forces they cannot control; others, like Japan, are wallowing in the economic trough of the past. The overall outlook is heady. But only the deft will prevail in this supercharged economy. More than ever, even the most nimble are ultimately at the mercy of American shareholders, who could...
...Asia has begun to search for new paths back up the mountain to prosperity, much of Latin America is only in the foothills. No region offers a more sobering picture of how volatility translates into vulnerability than Latin America. In 1999 it was nature that buffeted the region--El Nino, the effects of 1998's hurricanes Georges and Mitch, the floods of coastal Venezuela--but a collapse on Wall Street could have a no less devastating effect. Moises Naim, editor of the journal Foreign Policy, based in Washington, noted that 1999 set a series of dismal records for Latin America...
...still maintain the melancholia inherent to many tracks. On "I Loves You Porgy," he conjures simple sentimentality in a lush landscape of tender phrasing and introspective tones. Granted, not every single aspect of Ballad Sessions works. Turner's group doesn't gel when he attempts to change pace with Latin inflections on "All or Nothing At All," and bassist Larry Grenadier and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel just aren't up to par with their more talented headliner. It's not that Turner isn't featured with ample attention, but he still leaves you wanting to hear more...
...teaching people who look exhausted," says Professor of Latin Kathleen M. Coleman. "I'm concerned that these gifted students are not getting enough from their studies...
This year, that area is Foreign Cultures. First, the numbers: Including courses that count from other Core areas, there are nine courses this year on Asia, nine on Europe and five on Latin America. There are none on Africa, none on Australia and the Pacific Islands. None on the indigenous, non-English-speaking groups from north of the Rio Grande. There aren't even any bracketed. You would think these places are Antarctica...