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Here in the heart of the American Dustbowl, most of the residents work as laborers in the surrounding corn and soybean fields, in the beef-and pork-packing industries or in farm-equipment manufacturing. A group of 20 to 30 migrant farm workers, mostly undocumented Mexican immigrants, come for two months each summer to work in the corn fields, town officials...
...billion budget, she is a high-intensity voice for immigrants, minorities, aids patients and the poor. As other liberals have joined her on the board and as she has polished her coalition-building skills, she is winning more battles. Supporters are touting her as the city's first Mexican-American mayor...
...COMEDY CENTRAL "We're not looking for scoops--we're looking for the best joke," says a Comedy Central publicist. Maher is doing a one-hour Politically Incorrect and anchors InDecision '96, while Rock is providing live reports from such places as Charlton Heston's party and the Mexican border...
...metaphor. Joe Cubas, 35, a contractor from Miami, has orchestrated five defections from Cuba's national baseball team, most recently on July 9, when ace pitcher Rolando Arrojo slipped into Cubas' car, leaving his team's exhibition tour. That incident, coupled with the defections in late June at the Mexican border of Cuban boxers Joel Casamayor and Ramon Garbey, have led to widespread speculation that the most exciting event at the Atlanta Olympics will be the long jump--from Cuba...
...easy to find. In 1970 the lowbush blueberry harvest in New Brunswick, Canada, declined by 75% from the previous year after nearby conifer forests were sprayed with pesticides that wiped out the bees that pollinate the blueberries. In parts of the Southwestern U.S., excessive pesticide spraying of Mexican cotton fields just across the border has reduced populations of two moth species that pollinate certain cactus; as a result, the cactus flowers have withered and dropped...