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- The idea of reconquest was deftly satirized by Jim Lehrer in the 1966 novel Viva Max, made into a film with Peter Ustinov, which imagined a bored Mexican general marching troops to San Antonio and retaking the Alamo.five — Hispanic Immigration: Reconquest or Assimilation? (7% in)
- Inspired by Jane Austen's novel Emma, Heckerling deftly satirized the speech and lifestyle of rich teens in Los Angeles.seven — Language from a State of Change (21% in)
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