Word: bandera
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...Vida” to higher levels is that it speaks on behalf of a region in need of much aid, and calls for much-needed action from unproductive leaders. Here, the influence of Juanes’s Latin American background becomes evident. The timely lyrics of “Bandera de Manos” prove a perfect example: “Life gives us such ironies / while thousands die of hunger / leaders only stockpile weapons.” In “Minas Piedras” Juanes sings to the victims of mine fields (a cause he?...
...California energy crisis) have all snapped up parcels from 50 acres to 100 acres, replacing ranch houses with mansions, throwing up 10-ft.-high fences to corral herds of exotic animals--and changing a way of life forever. There are traffic jams in the cowboy-cute town of Bandera these days, and the population in the surrounding counties has grown 60% in the past 10 years. Land values are soaring too, from $1,500 an acre for prize land a decade ago to between $4,500 and $8,000 today. "I make blind offers for twice what a ranch...