Word: paso
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...gifted vintners founded their award-winning Calera and Byron wineries, a land rush has broken out on California's newest winemaking frontier--its long and rugged central coast. "The only thing I can liken it to is the Oklahoma land rush," says the winemaker known as the "grandfather of Paso Robles," Gary Eberle of Eberle Winery. "Get yourself a wagon, hitch up your horses, grab a couple of stakes and go like hell." When Eberle graduated from University of California at Davis' viticulture school in 1973, he paid $250 an acre for prime land just out of Paso Robles...
...TEXAS: Some office buildings evacuated. Flights out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport canceled and Austin-Bergstrom International closed. City Hall in El Paso closed...
...year-old Mexican immigrant from a working-class family. When we moved to El Paso 14 years ago, we had no knowledge of American culture and language or the obstacles we would face. Today I can proudly say that education has been the most valuable tool in enabling us to succeed in the U.S. As a physician, I understand the need to improve life on the border. These underdeveloped areas need more money for schools, health care and job creation--and the water necessary to survive. JUAN R. PEREZ, M.D. El Paso, Texas...
...Paso, meanwhile, is concerned enough about the water problem to be planning what will be the largest inland desalination plant in the U.S., costing $52 million, that will clean 20 million gal. of brackish water each day. In March the city started offering residents 50[cents] per sq. ft. to rip up their water-guzzling lawns and replace them with rocks and plants native to the Chihuahua desert. Juarez has banned any new high-water use maquiladoras and is encouraging factories to build water-recycling facilities...
...Paso and Juarez will keep jury-rigging solutions. Last year, when encephalitis broke out in Juarez, El Paso's spray planes "accidentally" crossed the border to wipe out disease-carrying mosquitoes. To reduce air pollution, El Paso is helping Juarez brickmakers redesign their kilns. And to eliminate the epic waits at border crossings, businessmen (from both sides of the border) fought for--and won--a "fast lane" for U.S. and Mexican citizens who are precleared by U.S. law enforcement agencies...