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...turns out, isn't the only side of the border where illegal immigration is a hot-button issue. It weighs heavily in Mexico's impoverished central and southern regions, where the vast majority of the country's indocumentados - several hundred thousand a year - start out before entering the U.S. And it's a big reason why L?pez, the former mayor of Mexico City, leads in voter polls - much to the chagrin of the Bush Administration, which faces the prospect of a L?pez victory bringing Latin America's stunning recent shift to the political left to America's doorstep...
...understand that downloading may have consequences, but it is a risk that they are largely willing to take.A freshman—who asks that his name be withheld, for fear of repercussions—checks his iTunes and says “I’ve downloaded over one thousand songs.” His selections are largely typical college fare. He says he discovered the band Death Cab For Cutie through downloading. “I downloaded six of their albums just to see if I could,” he says. He says that he?...
...Spanish theater, Batali worked in kitchens in Britain, California and Turkey, where he was a yacht chef. ("Very good gig. Paid well. Virtually no responsibility. You get some rich yuppie group of six from Chicago paying $60,000 for a week on a boat. They would tip you a thousand bucks at the end of the week if they were happy. Which was enough to live in Bodrum for six months.") But his formative cooking experience was apprenticing for no pay at La Volta, a trattoria in the tiny town of Borgo Capanne, Italy...
...make Chinese goods more expensive for all Americans just to save a few thousand U.S. manufacturing jobs? It's not a few thousand, but that misses the point. If you want the American people to buy into the concept of free trade, it's got to be free on both sides of the Pacific. And by the way, every economist we've spoken to, both heads of the Federal Reserve, prior and present, and now the Chinese government and the American government, believe they should float their currency...
...Krall says he has spent "several" hundred thousand dollars making improvements, including designing a new septic system, renovating some of the dilapidated housing stock, trashing the shacks and cleaning up the debris and weeds. He also says he obtained a permit for resort development along the river that borders the town, which he says the new owner will be able to use. "It's a wonderful place,' says Krall. "I don't think I'll have trouble selling...