Word: palmettos
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GABRIELLE CARTERIS (Andrea) Andrea never had it so good as the others. Well, some things never change. After five episodes, Palmetto Pointe, her widely ignored teen soap on the "i" channel, ran out of money...
...conservative position on immigration ignores the reality that there is virtually no labor market for physically demanding, low-wage jobs in agriculture, construction and hospitality. "In fact, we have to compete for [illegal workers] now," says Jay Taylor, president of Taylor & Fulton Farms, a tomato concern based in Palmetto, Fla. "It used to be migrant workers were just vegetable-and-fruit pickers or housekeepers. But look at the incredible housing boom we've had in Florida in recent years. Now they're being sought out by roofing contractors, lawn-maintenance companies, the hotel and restaurant industry. The native-born American...
Once into his 40s, Homer rarely went anywhere without rag paper, sable brushes and the little pans of color. He took his working vacations in places he knew would give him subjects--the New England coast, the Adirondacks, the tumultuous rivers of Quebec, the Florida Keys and the dark palmetto-fringed pools of Homosassa, the bays and whitewashed coral walls of the Bermudas...
...week. After a five-year search and computerized scrutiny of documents, including Columbus' log, the society announced it was "98% certain" Columbus landed some 65 miles southeast of San Salvador on flat Samana Cay. The tiny island has long been uninhabited, but a search party stumbled onto pieces of Palmetto ware, a unique pottery made by the regional people Columbus named Indians. Says National Geographic Senior Associate Editor Joseph Judge, who led the search: "This is the solution to the mystery after 500 years." TECHNOLOGY Politics' Unholy Writ...
South Carolina is about as red as a red state can get. With a state house, governor and two U.S. Senators that are Republican, the Palmetto State went for George W. Bush by 18 percent over John Kerry last year. But even here, the President is having difficulties. When Bush jetted on Air Force One to address the state's legislature last week, he was greeted by a front-page editorial in South Carolina's leading newspaper, The State, warning that he'd have a tough time selling his plan to partially privatize Social Security even in the heart...