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  1. Dec 1, 2001 · The Double Life of Miklos Rozsa. A major composer, long dismissed as a Hollywood sellout, may finally be coming into his own. Far more people have heard the music of Miklós Rózsa than that of his countryman and fellow modernist Béla Bartók, but far fewer know his name. For more than four decades, Rózsa divided his time between writing ...

  2. Summary. The Mexican Revolution was the first major social revolution of the 20th century. Its causes included, among others, the authoritarian rule of dictator Porfirio Díaz, the seizure of millions of acres of indigenous village lands by wealthy hacendados and foreign investors, and the growing divide between the rich and the poor.

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  4. However, Mexico did keep the southern state of Chiapas. It lost another 55% of its territory as a result of Texas independence and its war with the United States (1846-1848) and then sold a much smaller southern slice of Arizona and New Mexico in 1854 (Gadsden Purchase/La Mesilla).

  5. The Mexican War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia de México, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico 's independence from the Spanish Empire. It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional struggles that occurred within the same period, and can be ...

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  6. Virgin of Guadalupe and castas, 1. Program of centennial festivities of Mexican independence in September 1910, asserting the historical continuity of Miguel Hidalgo, Benito Juárez "Law," and Porfirio Díaz, "Peace," from 1810 to 1910. The written history of Mexico spans more than three millennia. First populated more than 13,000 years ago, [1 ...

  7. devalue and float the peso tomorrow. Fischer did not know, and therein hangs the tale.3 The most recent consultation with Mexico had been concluded nearly 10 months earlier, on February 28, on the basis of discussions between the IMF staff and the authori-ties in Mexico City in early December, 1993. At that time, the Mexican economy had

  8. Mexico - Independence, Revolution, 1810: Although the Spanish crown initially rejected O’Donojú’s recognition of Mexican independence, the date now recognized as that of separation from Old Spain is in fact August 24, 1821. The first Mexican Empire spanned only a short transitional period during which Mexico became an independent republic. Independence from the former mother country had ...

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