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People who think they're coming down with the flu, especially those living in the Southwest, should beware: the aches, fevers and coughs could mean something far worse. A mysterious ailment emerged last spring in which flulike symptoms become life threatening as tiny blood vessels throughout the lungs begin leaking plasma. Gasping for breath, victims literally start to drown in their own body fluids. The outcome in 27 of the first 45 known cases of the illness has been a quick death...
...When the "mill girls," as they were called, rebelled against the long hours and low wages, they were replaced by Irishmen fleeing the potato famine of the 1840s. In a scheme to rid downtown Lowell of the unwanted Irish workers, the Yankee mill owners donated an acre of land southwest of the city's center. The neighborhood became a gateway for generations of immigrants who went to Lowell in search of work and a better life. On wages of 75 cents a day, the early laborers crowded into a shantytown of mud huts and shacks. "I learned to speak French...
...immigration laws with such impunity? The answer is that the INS is simply outmanned: with 6,000 miles of open borders, a burgeoning population of illegals and a relatively static force of only 5,600 agents, the U.S. has effectively lost control of its territorial integrity, especially in the Southwest. Duke Austin, a senior INS spokesman in Washington, puts it bluntly: "The system is -- there's no other word -- bankrupt, in money and resources...
...major airlines find themselves wedged between newly intractable unions and a group of low-cost, no-frills competitors, like Southwest Airlines, which have slashed both costs and ticket prices. For example, Southwest's round-trip fare from Baltimore, Maryland, to Los Angeles is $209; an American ticket is $418. So profitable is Southwest ($73 million in 1992) that last week it ordered 63 new Boeing 737 airplanes, a rare event for the industry. A new entry called Eastwind, for example, will offer rock-bottom fares in January to specific cities and last week announced it will serve Atlanta...
While they fight the union onslaught, the major airlines are moving to stop the likes of Southwest from stealing their core business. Continental Airlines, which emerged from bankruptcy last April, has launched CALite, a back-to-basics "cheapie service" based in Houston. Even though it uses union workers, CALite pulled in $1 million more than expected in October, its first month. Delta is also studying the feasibility of starting a low-cost airline...