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These NAFTA Men--and a few women--are genetically engineered by the new border economy. Managers are taught to take a different route to work every day to foil potential kidnappers. They grow accustomed to training--and losing--an entire factory floor of workers every year. And they have discovered that "casual Friday" in McAllen is often a dress-up workday on the other side. Around here, the most valuable asset is their flexibility. "You have to switch gears in Mexico--and not just languages. You have a behavior shift too," says Charles Taliaferro, 49, who runs maquila operations...
...Right up the highway from the big downtown bridge, the store is often a first stop for visiting Mexicans. Inside, you can find Fabuloso detergent, table runners decorated with images of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and CDs featuring popular Norteno and Tejano stars. The biggest selling items are aluminum foil, toilet-bowl cleaner and three-packs of paper towels. Store manager Ed Garza says traffic in the store picks up as midnight approaches: "People like to shop when it's cooler...
...While the IFAs provided a disappointing ending to the team season, three individual competitors gained some redemption at the NCAA Regionals. There, Katz and freshman Liz Blasé both qualified for the NCAA championships in the foil, while senior Tamara Knutsen qualified in the epee...
...frustrations encountered this season, Harvard's remarkable regular- season record and several individual success stories were certainly encouraging. They did not go unrecognized either. For their efforts this year, Knutsen was named to the All-Ivy First Team in the epee, while Katz received Second Team recognition in the foil...
...strategists are quick brush aside any suggestion of Democratic dominance. This is hardly a situation, they remind anyone who will listen, that allows any party to assume a position of true supremacy. But the unintended consequence of all this is that the the Democratic majority gives the Republicans a foil and perhaps a campagin issue in 2002. You can imagine Bush campaigning against the Do-Nothing Democratic congress...