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yanqui

(ˈjæŋkiː)

(in Latin America) a North American

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yan•qui

(ˈyɑŋ ki)

n., pl. -quis (-kēs). (often cap.) Spanish.

(in Latin America) Yankee; a U.S. citizen.

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The book is comprised of fourteen chapters: An Island of Dance; Struggle and Sabor; Fidelistas and Yanquis; La Tecnica Cubana; Cuban Dance Legacies; Cuban Ballet; Form and Function of La Tecnica Cubana; Politics in and out of the Studio; Color; Keeping the Gods at Bay; Ramiro Guerra and Tecnica De-contextualized; Modern Dance; Personal Perspectives; and International Influence.

Contemporary dance in Cuba; tecnica Cubana as revolutionary movement

Codenamed Yanquis, the operation is based on research by the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science set up in honour of the murdered TV presenter.

'Psychic' cops launch blitz on burglars; CRIME: Detectives predict when raiders will strike

El cambio en la politica exterior fue tan espectacular como impopular, al principio, entre los argentinos, que acunaron unafrasepara describir su idilio con los yanquis: relaciones carnales.

Relaciones carnales

Santa Anna didn't like the "Yanquis" who had come to Texas.

War With Mexico

So when you hear that the United States is filling the skies with AWACS surveillance planes to intercept drug smugglers or when you hear about Colombian peasants being horrified when the Yanquis offer to supply them with worms that will chew up their coca cash crop, permit yourself a laugh or two, however bitter.