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In trade agreements such as NAFTA, CAFTA or the proposed FTAA, the big prize that the United States offers to
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The Beautiful Game? Race and Class in Brazilian Soccer

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The history of soccer is a sad voyage from beauty to duty. When the sport became an industry, the beauty
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Transnationalism is the buzzword used by scholars seeking to explain the identity, culture and social structures of immigrants straddling two
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When Argentina plunged into a political and economic crisis of unprecedented proportions at the end of 2001, I was finishing
Tracking the Economy: Fool’s Gold: The U.S. Import Market in the Next Decade

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In trade agreements such as NAFTA, CAFTA or the proposed FTAA, the big prize that the United States offers to
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Any mention of the island of Cuba conjures up images of many things: lush beaches covered with fine white sand