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...record, this land that Huntington calls America was inhabited before the Anglo-Protestants even landed on the East Coast. Huntington does not give enough thought to the fact that there are Hispanics who live in the Southwest, particularly Texas, whose ancestors never crossed any border—in fact, the artificial modern border crossed them. They speak Spanish and embrace their full Hispanic culture, but they are not immigrants because their families have lived in the same cities in Texas for the past 500 years. Very few Anglo-Protestant can say that much or claim residence in the United States...
...RESTRICTIONS. Read that fine-print pamphlet for any caveats about how rewards can be earned or spent. For example, points on the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards card expire after 12 months, so you have to rack up 19,200 points (or $19,200 in everyday purchases) in one year to qualify for a free ticket...
...home at around midnight," says Spahr, "there were five messages waiting on my answering machine." Over the next several hours, he and others raced to try to figure out whether Earth truly was in danger. "All of us were initially very skeptical," says Clark Chapman, an astronomer at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. "We thought it was a mistake or bad data or someone playing a trick...
...This is partly because of our move from a manufacturing to a service economy. But service work is more telegenic; that trench warfare with a smile between hassled bargain seekers and stressed-out staff has drama built in. A& E's Airline (Mondays, 10 p.m. E.T.) follows employees of Southwest Airlines, chosen for its reputation of good worker relations. "The customer doesn't always come first at Southwest," says executive producer Charles Tremayne. "The staff comes first." On Airline, not only is the customer not always right, but the customer is often a drunk, a liar or a jerk. While...
Thanks to supporting slots alongside Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Interpol, and their successful debut album Logic Will Break Your Heart, the Stills already boast two sold-out shows in New York and a major tour that will carry them across the Southwest, Canada...