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...Senior Rachel Murray, sophomore Danielle Kerper, Halpenny, Winkeller, Bock, and Reichling all recorded singles, but the Crimson was unable to score in the 3-0 shut...
...benefit from the flood of illegals because the supply of cheap labor helps keep down the cost of many goods and services, from chicken parts to lawn care. Many big companies, which have an even clearer stake in cheap labor, aggressively fend off the enforcement of laws that would shut down their supply of illegal workers...
Dickson and his community hospital symbolize much of what has gone wrong with the immigration policies of the U.S. and Mexico--"the irresponsibility," as Dickson puts it politely, of both governments. He figures he has another three years, maybe a little longer, before he might be forced to shut down the hospital. "We used to have 250 emergency-room visits a month. Now it's 500," says Dickson. They range from a lone man or woman rescued in the desert, suffering from dehydration or a heart attack, to multiple victims injured when vans jammed with 20 or more illegals crash...
...reason, say critics, is that NAFTA all but sold Mexico?s campesinos up the Rio Grande by failing to challenge lavish U.S. and Canadian agricultural subsidies-the kind that all too often shut Third World farmers out of First World markets. Moreover, free trade has also failed to generate enough U.S. and other foreign investment in new industries and small- and medium-size businesses-and, as a result, hasn't created enough new Mexican jobs. Even when new jobs do appear, the nation?s unforgiving low-wage business culture-the dark shame of Mexico's political and economic leaders, which...
...pleased as I was with the product, there were some things that rubbed me the wrong way. Every other portable navigator that I have tested shuts off when I turn off the ignition of my car. Even those that run on batteries offer to stay on but automatically shutting down if I don?t answer. The Nav-U stays on unless you manually turn it off; several times during my test I forgot to shut it down, and ended up draining the battery...