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If the district stays the same, then New York will likely send the first Dominican-American to Congress.
Charlie Rangel gets a primary challenger in NY-15. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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"Anything that does not acknowledge the growth of this community... betrays the mission of what the census is all about," said Guillermo Linares, a Dominican-American state legislator.
Harlem Faces a Historic Shift Devlin Barrett 2012
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Dominican-American hairstylists are running Sistas out of business.
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Think of the poetry of Nobel laureate Derek Walcott from St. Lucia or the prose of Juno Diaz, who's Dominican-American.
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The scientists conducted the study by monitoring 249 children born to non-smoking black and Dominican-American women living in New York City's Washington Heights, Harlem and the South Bronx, urban neighborhoods near the Columbia campus.
Elaine Shannon: Columbia Finds NYC Air Lowers Kids' IQs 2009
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Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss.
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A hip-hop salsa musical that opened last year, “In the Heights,” which centers on Dominican-American characters, dominated the awards.
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When Dominican-American author Junot Diaz's first short story collection, "Drown," was published in 1996, it was met with widespread acclaim, and the young author was heralded as the next big thing on the literary scene.
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Oscar is a Dominican-American kid who doesn't fit into the macho culture that surrounds him.
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ALEX RODRIGUEZ BASEBALL PLAYERSEATTLE, AGE 23 A-Rod, as Mariner fans call the Dominican-American shortstop, is the first 40-40 infielder -- 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in one season -- in major league history.
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