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Grudges notwithstanding, perceptions are growing more sophisticated with the rapid rise of Mexican immigration to the U.S. and the explosion of commerce since the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect last year. The border, Mexicans like to say, is mostly imaginary, despite patrols, guard dogs and chain-link fences. ``They could plant land mines, and it would not stop people from crossing,'' says Mexicali writer Sergio Gomez Montero. ``We may not like gringos for historical reasons, but today the world is dividing into commercial blocks, and we are handcuffed to each other for better or for worse.'' Travel...
That's right. Not just flying Elvises, but flying, chain smoking Elvises. While the herd of Presley sycophants rushed to the smoking section every twenty minutes, the oh-so-American flight attendants were working up a sweat to keep them in their seats with their "seat belts safely fastened...
...that Dusty Yevsky, a local cowboy and poet, has a crush on a singing cow, Bess Western ("But soft," Mr. Yevsky exclaims passionately, "what light from yonder bovine breaks." Sadly, Ms. Western has her doubts. "I don't feel right dating someone who's higher up on the food chain," she demurs...
...attitude at Chili's pretty much sums it up.In a business world where only the strong survive,even the most vehement preservationists concedethat keeping the same bartender behind the counterof a chain restaurant is pretty much all that canbe done to maintain continuity...
...Louis Cain, the chain's original owner, hastaken the famous "French Bakery Cafe"international...