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Labor sin fruto
October 27, 2006Julia Preston, reportera del diario The New York Times, escribiendo desde Washington, D.C., describe las peras pudriéndose en los árboles en el condado Lake de California, pues no hay mano de obra agrícola para cosecharlas. Rancheros...
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San Jose, Calif., mayoral race hangs in balance
October 27, 2006With a poll earlier this month showing the candidates neck-and-neck, San Jose’s nonpartisan mayoral contest between City Councilmembers Cindy Chavez and Chuck Reed has become a real cliff-hanger. A poll Oct. 3-5 by the Survey and...
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The Founding Fathers views on church and state
October 27, 2006BOOK REVIEW Under the regime of the Republican right, an aggressive effort is under way to eliminate the separation between church and state. Some clearly aim for a theocracy. The right is fond of invoking the...
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After Pats Birthday
October 27, 2006Pat Tillman, a former National Football League player and Army Ranger, was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. The Pentagon initially said he died in combat. It later emerged that he was killed by “friendly fire.” His...
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A grave injustice
October 27, 2006On Sept. 23, some 700 people marched on the White House, demanding freedom for the so-called Cuban Five, and over the past few weeks, meetings have been held around the country with the same demand. This...
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