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SPEAKING OF SOUP.
I try not to let a decade pass without renewing my assault on Spanish, which I keep hearing described as an easy language to learn. In the nineties, in preparation for a trip to northern Spain, I bought myself a videotape Spanish course in the form of a sixteen-episode soap opera--what Latin Americans call a telenovela--about a young lawyer who finds love while investigating what happened to her client's first wife. I got so that I could understand the actors fairly well, but when I arrived in Santiago de Compostela I was less successful at understanding people who did not keep repeating, slowly and very clearly, sentences like "Rosario did not die in the war; she escaped ...
- ECUADOR-RELIGION: ANYTHING GOES IN HOLY WEEK
- News wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire Mario Gonz lez April 6, 1996 700+ words
...trips to the beach are all part of the celebrations of Ecuador's Holy Week. "This is the time of year when the Ecuadoran's...anthropologist Alfredo Santamara. Holy Week celebrations in Ecuador really begin on the spring equinox of Mar. 21st when...
- HOLY WEEK SEES HEAVY LATINO TRAVEL.(News)(Statistical Data Included)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) April 10, 2004 700+ words
...for what is considered one of the Holy Week's busiest weekends for visits between...Santa, are rich in tradition. In Ecuador, it's common to make fanseca...percent of the population is Catholic, Holy Week is largely vacation time for everyone...
- Holy Week exodus from Metro continues; Security, orderly travel assured.(Main...
- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin March 27, 2002 700+ words
...day. For private sector workers, the Holy Week vacation starts today. Government workers' Holy Week vacation started yesterday. President...Macapagal Arroyo had earlier proclaimed a long Holy Week vacation from Wednesday to Sunday, but...
- Celebrate Holy Week appropriately.(Opinion & Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin April 5, 2004 700+ words
...nificant part of the Church calendar, Holy Week, with the feast of Palm Sunday. In...activities. For instance, many view Holy Week more as a much-awaited break for secular...While rest and recreation are part of the Holy Week break, let us not forget to devote some...
- Helping out; Holy Week breakfasts meet nutritional needs of body, soul.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Jostad, Karen Gail April 22, 2000 700+ words
...Bloomington, found sustenance at the Holy Week breakfasts at Normandale Hylands United...the church, seeking bread for their Holy Week journey. "It's become almost a community...preaching the cross five times during Holy Week and focusing on the cross," said Eslinger...
- Fruitful ways to spend Holy Week.(Opinion & Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin March 22, 2002 700+ words
...school year will be over. The last week - Holy Week - ushers in a two-month vacation for...across the land. One can spend this and Holy Week meaningfully and fruitfully. The Department...vacation while simultaneously observing Holy Week. Almost every place in our country holds...
- Christians all over the world shift to somber mood as they begin Holy Week...
- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin April 5, 2004 700+ words
...reflection and meditation during the Holy Week. Several high-profile candidates coming...to take the first day off during the Holy Week in observance of Christendoms most historical...Hossanah!" Ironically, within that first Holy Week, the cheers that greeted Jesus sharply...
- Holy Week Shopping OK, but Not Overwhelming in Brownsville, Texas.
- Newspaper article from: The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) March 30, 2002 700+ words
...Byline: Dwayne Hartnett Mar. 30--Holy Week, or Semana Santa, usually translates...several reasons including the proximity of Holy Week to Spring Break. However, some hotels...boutique in Sunrise Mall, isn't expecting Holy Week shoppers to spend, spend and spend...
