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...Made in the USA" used to be mandatory for military procurement, but the Pentagon, under pressure to buy more efficiently, has opened bidding beyond U.S. borders--and foreigners are piling in. The Colt handgun, first used by the U.S. military in the Mexican-American War of 1846, has been replaced as standard-issue infantry gear by an Italian-designed Beretta. A Brazilian-made Embraer surveillance plane will soon patrol battlefields for the Army rather than a Gulfstream jet produced in Savannah, Ga. Britain's BAE Systems contributes avionics to the F-16, F-18 and F-117 bombers. Rolls-Royce...
...also granted the Angels the dubious distinction of being the only major pro-sports franchise identified by two cities. Yet tonight awestruck fans greet him like a savior. A man in a WE ARE NOT LA Angels T shirt praises him. "It means so much to have a Mexican-American owner," a Hispanic fan tells Moreno, the first Latino team owner in major U.S. sports. "As long as we win," says another, "I don't care if you call them the Schenectady Mud Hens...
...Chinese warrior's tattoo on his left arm. A close grade-school friend, Arturo Fematt Jr., recalls that Victor tried to persuade him to get one, too. "I used to joke with him: 'Oh, man, you know I can't get one of those. I'm Mexican...
Both the set and the costumes reflected a flair for brilliant colors. From the traditional Mexican costumes of Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan to the flashy Brazilian-flag wear of Candela Hip Hop, performers were radiantly attired. The set designed by Illiana C. Quimbaya ’05 featured the flags of Latin America, as well as some palm trees to add to the outdoor night-club motif of the second half of the show...
This slim volume recounts Latin America’s last half-millennium, evaluating watershed moments with Vargas Llosa’s trademark enthusiasm for the free market. Concentrating on such ostensible reforms as the Mexican Revolution, economic nationalism, and the liberalizing policies of the 1990s, the book establishes that Latin America’s statist culture has stifled economic growth by limiting individual rights. Far from liberation, these “reforms” meant that “ownership changed hands while property rights remained in the hands of the government...