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Defending Borders

Concerning the Point of View ("Bracero bra·ce·ro  
n. pl. bra·ce·ros
A Mexican laborer permitted to enter the United States and work for a limited period of time, especially in agriculture.
 Crash Test") in the October 2001 issue, the events that occurred on Sept. 11 sufficiently answer your question as to why people cannot travel virtually unrestricted across national borders.

Ken Wallace Ken (Kenneth) Wallace, born 26 July 1983 in Gosford, New South Wales, is an Australian flatwater canoer.

Wallace originally competed in Ironman events and only switched to sprint racing at the age of sixteen.
 

Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe.

Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048.
 

Ballmer's Genius

Your August article about Steve Ballmer's Microsoft is brilliant. It would be great if more companies took Microsoft's lead and hired people based on the same criteria. There are a lot of people who could excel in a problem-solving environment.

Claudio Grinberg

Panama City, Panama

Data Dispute

In the July article "Still Growing," your 2001 forecast growth rates Growth Rates

The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures.

Notes:
Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future.
 do not correspond with the official data for Suzano de Papel e Celulose, one of the largest integrated companies in Latin America in the pulp and paper sector, operating since 1924.

For the first half of the year, revenues were 10.3% higher than the same period 2000 (R$542.3 million against R$491.3 million). In net income, the results show almost no variation (R$162.5 million in 2001 and R$162.2 million). This is quite different from your forecasts: -20% in revenues and -30% in net income.

Waldomiro Carvas Junior GWA GWA Gender and Water Alliance
GWA Genome Wide Association
GWA Google Web Accelerator
GWA Golden World Awards
GWA Gesamtverband Werbeagenturen (German Association of Communications Agencies; Frankfurt am Main, Germany) 
 Communicacao Integrada Sao Paulo, Brazil

Editor's Note: The differences stem from the depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar. We present the forecast information in dollars, not local currency.

Keen on Kiosks

As part of the computer business, I found the July article on Telefonos de Mexico establishing Internet Kiosks in public places very interesting. We have Internet locales in different commercial areas as well, and we would like to get in on this very project. Thank you for helping us stay in touch with the what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music.  and to plan more effectively our strategies.

Eduardo Madrigal madrigal, name for two different forms of Italian music, one related to the poetic madrigal in the 14th cent., the other the most common form of secular vocal music in the 16th cent.  L. Direct General

Grupo Gop Computacion

La Casa de Computo Puebla Mexico City, Mexico
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