Word: quitman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...drive Cadillac to be sold in Japan. But because the market is global, there is no longer even the illusion of control, of national boundaries, and that's what really frightens people. Factories in Karachi, Pakistan, can now produce shorts as quickly and cheaply as an American company in Quitman, Ga. U.S. manufacturers have hooked up computerized counters to sewing machines so they can monitor how quickly each seamstress joins two pieces of fabric. Not only does that give instant feedback on productivity, but the new, networked plant also cuts down on the number of supervisors on the cutting-room...
Every day immigrants from Mexico and Central America seeking a better life flock to Quitman Street, the barrio's main drag. Most don't speak English, and many lack documentation. They are confused, afraid and poor: half the families earn less than $12,800 a year, and 19% are on welfare. More than one-third of the Northside's 13,500 residents are women able to bear children, but until last year, no one had mounted a committed effort to prevent unnecessary infant deaths. Then Joan Mahon appeared...