Thomas, Piri

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Thomas, Piri (b. 1928), autobiographer, essayist, playwright, poet, filmmaker, and lecturer. Piri Thomas was born Juan Pedro Thomás, in New York City's Spanish Harlem on 30 September 1928 of Puerto Rican and Cuban parentage. His early life was marked by involvement in violence and drugs, culminating in his arrest and imprisonment for attempted armed robbery. Thomas served seven years (1950–1956) of a five–to–fifteen year sentence. Upon his release from prison, he began working in prison and drug rehabilitation programs in New York City and…

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	A Conversation with Piri Thomas.(Interview) Magazine article from: Bilingual Review Piri Thomas is the author of the autobiographical classic...published in 1967. In Down These Mean Streets, Thomas chronicles his growing-up years in Spanish...interview was conducted on 4 December 1999. Thomas discusses Down These Mean Streets, his...
	PIRI: The birth of a fiber optics company. Magazine article from: R & D ...Photonic Integration Research, Inc. (PIRI). A small board of directors included...networks--onto a single circuit chip. PIRI optical circuits moved from the lab to...in 1991. A product without a market. PIRI's early products were fiber optic splitters...
	holidays: Anyone for tennis? Wimbledon is back, and the nation is glued to... Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) Byline: GILLIAN THOMAS MY tennis suffers from a chicken-wing problem. No, I don't mean...platters of shellfish and - another local speciality - spicy chicken piri piri. Three courses plus wine usually cost less than pounds 20 each. Best...
	Thomas: Now we are back with the big boys; Proud Wales give former coach... Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) ...upset. Proud skipper Gareth Thomas said: 'I never doubted. We...division - Casey Laulala and Piri Weepu - New Zealand were showing...off the line by Welsh skipper Thomas to keep his team in the match...rousing display. The Teams Thomas, Shanklin, Parker, Henson...
	rugby - We were second best says Thomas.(Sport) Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) ...and stand-in skipper Gareth Thomas, had to admit that their team...this tour&& said Thomas. We were second best in the...half hour after an off-colour Thomas was withdrawn. His fellow Munsterman...departing Justin Marshall with Piri Weepu as reserve scrumhalf...
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