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This Jamaican family: the word, and dreams.(Essay)
But now, whether or not you accept it, you understand that this is finally the message, delivered by them in shouting silences and stiffened backs whenever you summon the bravery to refer, even obliquely, to that: the message, simply, that that, as far as they are concerned, doesn't exist in this family; the message that, as true, proud Jamaicans still unmoved by North American and European "foreign" values, they will never reflect on the profundities of who you are in relation to that," and that, by now, you should already have developed the good sense (and good taste) to speak with them about other things--about anything but (yes, that). Speak with them about the more ...
- Jamaican Family Matriarch Keeps Indianapolis Restaurant Cooking.
- Newspaper article from: The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) April 18, 2004 700+ words
...Caribbean Spice restaurant in City Market. "It's all about the love," she said. And the same is true for the extended family Page...Hoosier favorites such as hamburgers, tacos and Twinkies. "I love White Castle hamburgers. They're always hot, and the buns...
- Jamaican family hit by blaze; Only just moved to UK.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) July 30, 2001 700+ words
Byline: Louise Grifferty A FAMILY which recently moved to Britain from Jamaica lost property including their passports when fire gutted a bedroom at their Walsall home. The blaze started in an upstairs bedroom of a terraced property in Jessel Road yesterday at around 9.30pm while the family, of a
- A hot sauce of revenue from Jamaican family recipe.
- Newspaper article from: Business Press (San Bernardino, CA) January 30, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Carol Park Jan. 30--A family recipe handed down from generation to generation for 300 years in Jamaica made its way to America when Mary Johnson, her daughter and son-in-law decided to bottle the product and sell it in stores. The family pooled savings and loans to invest $80,000 in Nanny's
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) April 19, 2000 700+ words
...was an informal commercial importer, or ``higgler'' in Jamaican parlance. She had been a housekeeper to a wealthy Jamaican family, but had long dreamed of starting a dress shop. She borrowed start-up capital from an aunt in New York, and now she...
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- Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) April 21, 2000 700+ words
...was an informal commercial importer, or ``higgler'' in Jamaican parlance. She had been a housekeeper to a wealthy Jamaican family, but had long dreamed of starting a dress shop. She borrowed start-up capital from an aunt in New York, and now she...
- Ma, I JUST GOT A RECORD DEAL!
- Magazine article from: Interview Chaplin, Julia October 1, 1999 700+ words
...born from growing up in a Jamaican family who divided their time between...left) (a.k.a. Chippy Love) is a Queens, New York, native who wants you to love his funky, blues-infused...lucky one. Do you white love songs?: I'm not allowed...
- "The vacation that changed my life": that trip might be more than just fun in...
- Magazine article from: Marie Claire Masters, Katie Wignall, Alice Hochwald, Lambeth December 1, 2005 700+ words
...my vacation, I'd already said, "I love you." Six months to the day after our...father's younger brother. He said my Jamaican family had known about me for some time and that they would love to meet me. So last May, I boarded a...
- Christmas Message from Ambassador of Jamaica to the United States His
- Newspaper article from: Caribbean Today December 31, 1996 700+ words
...which is so much a part of the season. This Christmas, let us focus on inculcating strong, traditional, Jamaican family values of love, togetherness and caring in our children and an appreciation of what it means to be Jamaican. Have a blessed...
Source: HighBeam Research, This Jamaican family: the word, and dreams.(Essay)