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...Americans barely remember the Alamo, Mexicans see past and present as an eternal tug-of-war with their northern neighbor. Virtually any Mexican high school graduate readily recites a litany of humiliations most Americans ignore: the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo forcing the sale of Mexico's northern half; a 1911 U.S.-supported coup; American invasions in 1914 and 1916; the expulsion of as many as 1 million Mexican immigrants from the U.S. during the 1950s' Operation Wetback. Now California's Proposition 187, aimed at denying education and health services to undocumented immigrants, is seen as an exercise in ethnic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: NORTHERN EXPOSURES | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

...territory?'' Carlos Garcia Moreno teaches 17 children in a one-room schoolhouse. His $70-a-week salary can no longer cover the pencils, notebooks and breakfast he bought for them. ``I don't know who to blame,'' he says. ``But the U.S. has an obligation to help its neighbor out of humanity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: NORTHERN EXPOSURES | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

...Boston Globe reported that Leahy worked inconstruction after graduating from ChristopherColumbus High School, which has since closed. "Heseemed like a mature, stable guy," a neighbor toldThe Globe...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Leahy Charged With Six Counts For Bank Heist | 3/3/1995 | See Source »

...prospective soul mate? A future spouse? A freak? And why are they making those oh-so-strange sounds? Be warned: alarms may blare when you open the door, but these threats are barren, at most. You may find that the door, no matter how thin, separates you from your neighbor for a reason...

Author: By Jeanne S. Pae, | Title: Beyond the Fire Door | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

Some people can't be satisfied with hearing the people on the other side. They just itch to see them too. Debbie Martinez '97 of Lowell had block mates who were graced with apersonal encounter with their neighbor. "They woke up one morning to find this guy passed out on their couch," Martinez said. "I guess he just broke through the fire door the night before when he was really, really drunk...

Author: By Jeanne S. Pae, | Title: Beyond the Fire Door | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

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