Word: america
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...much longer and further will the government expand? Republicans are reminiscent for the days of a bygone era, an era that supported the self-made man and competition. The idea of the economic frontier is no longer pulsating to the country’s rhythm. Now, Republicans fear America will grow accustomed to looking to the government for all of its solutions. Government management might help bail an economy out of a tight spot. But it does not foster individualism or incentive; it stagnates the spirit of the self-made image this country was founded on. That...
...Dollar Tree moving too fast? If there's one lesson from the great retail shakeout of the past year, it's that America has too many stores. Yet Dollar Tree plans to open about 80 more stores by end of year, and foresees growing to between 5,000 and 7,000 stores down the road. But will an extreme discounter like Dollar Tree suffer when the economic winds move against you? "I do think Dollar Tree is a beneficiary of people trading down," says Laura Champine, an analyst at Cowen & Co. "When the economy recovers, I believe its growth will...
...surprising, then, that when it was my turn to give out names, I found myself adhering to similar kinds of traditions. My daughters are half Mexican - not an easy thing to be in Lou Dobbs' America - and my wife and I wanted to make sure they remained proud of their Hispanic heritage. We thus tagged them with Elisa and Paloma - elegant, uncommon and undeniably Spanish. (See pictures of pregnant-belly...
...were Hispanic, compared with 22% today. Only about a tenth of that population are first-generation Latin Americans - meaning they were born outside the U.S. More than half (52%) are second generation - born in the U.S. to at least one foreign-born parent; and 37% were born in America to American-born parents. By 2025, the study estimates that close to 30% of all American kids will have some Latino ancestry. (See pictures of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor...
...come to America until 1991, when he crossed the ocean for love. He met his wife in Rome when she was on vacation there in the late 1980s. After having spent a year in Rome, she then had to return to her work in Massachussetts. Ultimately, Fiorentini decided to move to America so that he could live with her in the States. They now have two children: Alexander, who is 14, and Arianna...