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'Panama Fever'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMarch 12, 2008 Most Americans' knowledge of the Panama Canal was acquired in a haze of junior high school history -- somewhere alongside "trust busting" and the "bully pulpit" in the unit on Teddy Roosevelt and turn-of-the-century Amer- ican confidence....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Petroleum Industry, Ulysses S. Grant, Science and Technology, Engineering
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Mexico plans big splash with new Baja port
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersMexico's government is preparing to open bidding on the largest infrastructure project in the nation's history, a $4-billion seaport that could transform this farming village into a cargo hub to rival the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. If completed...Tags: Livestock Farming, Railway Transportation, Transportation, Companies and Corporations, Brownsville
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Spring break into action
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSpring break -- the collegiate ritual, the parental horror show, the thriving industry -- is here. And given the varying schedules of our nation's college campuses, it will be with us, for better and for worse, through early April. Like an ineradicable...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Colleges and Universities, Sonny Bono, Fines, Dining and Drinking
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Humble history of a holiday gone wild
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe roots of spring break? Nesting birds, rutting beasts, rising sap, you know. But there's also a specifically American angle: In 1936, the swim coach of Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., brought his team to Fort Lauderdale to practice at the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Business Trips, Colleges and Universities, Sonny Bono, Travel
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Scope out the hot spots online
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen will the spring break crush hit? Here are some dates to consider, along with websites to check out. Now through Sunday: USC; Arizona State University; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of New Mexico Saturday through March 23:...Tags: Panama City (Panama), Colleges and Universities, Las Vegas, University of California, Los Angeles, Spring Break
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Tea: Steeping in Seattle
Special to The TimesThis city is so caffeinated you can hardly blame an outsider for viewing it as a rainy-day parade of Starbucks, the coffee-chain colossus that began here. Java shops large and small rule Seattle, but, if the personnel shake-ups at two of its coffee kings...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Redman, England, Management Change, Trips and Vacations
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Things to know before you go
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersWhere are Americans retiring? Mexico is the most popular destination, because of its proximity to the U.S. and the large number of Mexican Americans looking to return to their roots. Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama form the next tier of favorites,...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Drugs and Medicines, Politics, Medicare, State Budgets
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A Wet Walk, A Wild Ride
My father and I, in Panama for a week during Thanksgiving last year, decided to make the ascent of Volcán Barú part of our itinerary. It seemed like a snap, given our more strenuous previous excursions: hiking the Inca Trail over four days in Peru in 2004...Tags: Panama City (Panama), Mitsubishi, Travel, Science and Technology, Vehicles
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Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJesse Helms, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina who for half a century infuriated liberals with his race-baiting campaign tactics and presidents of both parties with his use of senatorial privilege, died Friday. He was 86. Helms, who won...Tags: Politics, Colleges and Universities, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, National Government
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Free trade unbound
The Los Angeles Times editorial board met recently with U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab. Here are some highlights of the discussion: Free traders on tour Susan Schwab: The politics of trade and the economics of trade have diverged to the point...Tags: Trade Agreements, Trade Balance, Politics, Trade Policy, George W. Bush
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News, links and observations about Latin America
Maradona suffers another health scare The soccer legend was hospitalized in Buenos Aires today after experiencing abdominal pains, doctors said. This was just two days after he was released following a two-week clinic stay for alcohol-related ailments....Tags: Breads, Obesity, Parties and Movements, Mexico City, BBC
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Foreign government tourist offices
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Hong Kong, Uruguay, Antigua and Barbuda, Latvia, South Africa
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