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...again, it’s important to note that these tacos are not the “Ortega” variety with a crunchy shell and processed cheese. Rather, Olé has created a Mexican treat that demonstrates to the unenlightened masses that Mexican means more than burrito and enchilada. In fact, it’s unlikely that the word burrito would even sully the menu of Ol?...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out | 10/4/2001 | See Source »

Vicente Fox wants the whole enchilada, but George W. Bush must decide how much to give. Fox wants amnesty for all illegal Mexican immigrants and a new guest-worker program. Pressure from Republicans could force a more limited solution--or none. More than half the U.S.'s estimated 9 million illegals are Mexican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reinventing The Border | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...replace all or part of a failing heart. Getting ever smaller and safer, partial hearts have quietly been keeping patients alive for several years now. And before the year is out, a Danvers, Mass., biotech company called Abiomed expects to achieve what Harvard surgeon Gus Vlahakes dubs the "big enchilada in heart disease"--a completely implantable grapefruit-size artificial heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reviving Artificial Hearts | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...enchilada of educational measurement - the percentage of kids who graduate from high school - remains stalled at 86 percent. Improving this is a much tougher proposition. Unlike early childhood education, for which there are widely accepted models for success, high school is an area that education leaders aren't quite sure how to address. In the '90s some states experimented with vouchers, while most raised their targets for student achievement on standardized tests. That hasn't been very successful; just last week, for example, Arizona announced that only 1 in 10 sophomores passed a new state math test, and states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Schools Receive Failing Grades | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...with hidden fees for basics like a monitor, tech support and one-time "start-up" charges. And then there's the nagging fear that these newcomers will vanish into cyberspace long before your three-year contract is up. Would you really want to do business with a company called Enchilada? Actually, you can't anymore, since it stopped taking orders in early July, less than three months after it was rolled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tempting Deal | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

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