Word: latinity
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...short version of the money story is this: Europe first offended Lindner when it imposed import restrictions on bananas from Latin America, where his plantations are located. Lindner then contributed a quarter of a million dollars to the Democrats. Gore called and asked for more money. Lindner gave it. And then some more. So much more that Lindner had dinner in the White House, attended a coffee klatch there for the truly generous and slept in the Lincoln Bedroom. Along the way, he periodically met with then U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor and his staff, the officials who ultimately sought...
...small family farms and tilled by hand on hilly terrain and poor soil, with little or no mechanization or irrigation. Yields were far below those in places like Honduras, Guatemala and Ecuador. In fact, the cost of growing bananas in the Caribbean was twice that for bananas produced on Latin American plantations. Without their favorable entree to Europe, the banana industries of these small islands might have disappeared...
...Cambridge School Committee last night unanimously approved a major restructuring of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS), leaving broad latitude for the superintendent to implement the plan...
...black male senior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School also received a partial scholarship at the event...
...doesn't pass judgement. The trend is a media-based way to describe the music scene. Our loyalty is to the music: hip hop is hip hop whether its DMX, Jay Z, or Kid Rock. The Latin explosion is a great example. I was talking to Enrique Inglesias and asking him what he felt about his music being labeled and he made the tandamount statement. He plays pop music; the only thing Latin about Enrique Inglesias is Enrique Inglesias. Out of ignorance, people are quick to label his music based only on his last name. Eminem is another good example...