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Social studies thesis topics ranged from "Economic Rights and the 14th Amendment" to "Wal-Mart's Struggle in Small-Town America...
Cross-border strains are rare here. The Mexicali Cineplex offers a choice among Nell, Speechless, Junior and Disclosure. At the border checkpoint, housewives flood through turnstiles heading for Calexico's Wal-Mart. Calexico's mayor is Mexican American, as are most residents. Even on the university campus in Mexicali, says student-body president Pedro Ariel Mendivil, anti-American slogans are virtually unheard of. ``That's old-fashioned politics,'' he says, adding that he hopes to earn a master's degree in the U.S. to gain foreign experience. He will not emigrate, however: ``I love Mexico passionately. We have...
...trends, convert-minded Evangelicals are quick to shed traditions, holding Saturday- night worship, say, or replacing hymnals with song sheets and soft-rock bands. In many cities, they have built huge local congregations, offering every imaginable social service from counseling to fitness centers. John Vaughan, who tracks these Protestant Wal-Marts in Megachurches & America's Cities, says a quarter-century ago, 10 U.S. Protestant congregations reported weekly attendance of 2,000 or more. Today 400 churches make this claim, with a new giant joining the list every few weeks...
...company denied having any knowledge of such events. Most describe Henrickson as a bully and a "disruptive force" while he worked in the flight division. "Personally, I wouldn't put it past Joe to lie if it benefited him," says Tony Lundquist, a former Tyson pilot who now runs Wal-Mart's aviation division. A onetime protege of Henrickson's, Tyson pilot Randy Parette, refers to his former mentor as "a 600-lb. gorilla who pretty much did what he wanted in the face of rules and common sense...
Along the way, their pusillanimous policies have discredited all the institutions that touched the conflict. The UN, in the midst of a post-Cold Wal renaissance when the Yugoslav conflict began, now stands guilty of abetting Serb aggression. NATO, fresh from victory against the Warsaw pact has shown itself impotent in its own backyard...