7 QUOTES WITH «EL PASO»
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El Paso.
Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.
While in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885.
El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America.
In terms of immigration, we're seeing a lot of Democrats and Republicans use the really elastic term, 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform,' and they don't totally understand what that means. For us in El Paso, it's part of a larger discussion about the nature of the border.
Part of the job for me and others from El Paso who live along the border is to dispel the myths about how supposedly dangerous the border is.
We in El Paso and Juarez are literally one community. There's no separation; there's no DMZ; there's no buffer.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EL PASO»
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El Paso in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
El Paso and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Place in
El Paso: A Mexican-American Childhood
This book shows the reader El Paso through the eyes of Yoya- short for Gloria- the high-spirited narrator, who is five years old when the book begins.
Gloria López-Stafford, 1996
2
El Paso / The Wild Ones
In the distance, he saw the Sierra Madre range, forming a backdrop for El Paso's
twin sister on the opposite border, Paso del Norte. Even though the towns
appeared similar in every respect, he had heard on the train that Paso del Norte
was ...
Just a coyote's howl away from the point where three states and two countries come together lies the site of the El Paso Chile Company, a mother/son operation that grew out of Norma and Park Kerr's love of chilis and the unique cuisine of ...
4
Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of
El ...
Half of the book consists of oral histories from drug traffickers, and the other half from law enforcement officials.
5
Gangland: The Rise of the Mexican Drug Cartels from
El Paso ...
In Gangland, bestselling author Jerry Langton details their frightening stranglehold on the economy and daily life of Mexico today—and what it portends for the future of Mexico and its neighbours.
El Paso also became an inland Ellis Island, with thousands of immigrants entering the United States eager for a new start. This book examines the early years of El Paso's evolution. Book jacket.
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El Paso's Manhattan Heights
With the construction of Manhattan Heights School and Veterans Memorial Park, the small district covering 1,910 acres attracted many of El Paso's prominent citizens.
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Street Railways of
El Paso
Spanish explorers traveling north from Mexico in 1581 crossed the Rio Grande at present-day El Paso and called the area El Paso Del Norte, or "the pass of the north.
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Dallas Stoudenmire:
El Paso Marshal
This is the story of Dallas Stoudenmire-auburn-haired, fiery-eyed, six-foot, two-inch gunfighter, container of laughter, liquor, and death-during the two tumultuous years in the early 1880’s when he served as almost the only law north of ...
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Desert Immigrants: The Mexicans of
El Paso, 1880-1920
'The book is a major contribution- the product of serious research, competently written, and almost entirely free of partisan emotion.' -C.L. Sonnichsen, Journal of Arizona History
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EL PASO»
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El Paso is used in the context of the following news items.
Black 'cube' UFO over El Paso -- the work of aliens or a hoax?
Two El Paso residents have reported seeing a UFO in the form of a black cube. According to Secureteam10, an online entity that posts ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
Donald Trump speaks on El Paso
After some very controversial comments last month Donald Trump speaks out once again.This time about El Paso and the safety of border cities ... «KVIA El Paso, Jul 15»
Bishop John Stowe of Lexington returns to warm embrace in El Paso
Stowe gave thanks for what he learned as a priest in El Paso before becoming the bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, Ky. (Photos by MARK ... «El Paso Times, Jul 15»
Soccer: Cruz Azul tops Tijuana 2-1
Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre for the El Paso Times ... in the first half against at Sun Bowl Stadium, Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in El Paso, Texas. «El Paso Times, Jul 15»
New information in El Paso elderly couple home invasion
EL PASO, Texas – Police are still investigating an elderly couple who was targeted in a home invasion Tuesday morning in the Rim Road area ... «KFOX El Paso, Jul 15»
UberESPAÑOL Arrives in El Paso
El Paso's only realtime mobile ride-ordering app has gone bilingual, the company has announced. The feature is exclusive to a handful of ... «El Paso 411, Jul 15»
UMC wants financial, accounting records from Children's Hospital
University Medical Center of El Paso on Tuesday asked a bankruptcy judge to order El Paso Children's Hospital to comply with the law and ... «El Paso Times, Jul 15»
El Paso City Council considering banning people who insult others …
El Paso City Council is grappling with how to prevent members of the public from insulting others or saying inappropriate things during the ... «KVIA El Paso, Jul 15»
El Paso County approves funds to buy flood-endangered homes in …
After years of waiting for federal funding to come through, El Paso County on Tuesday approved funds to buy four Ute Pass homes in danger of ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Jul 15»
Victor R. Martinez: Top five stories from 1995 to 2000
Last week's column by Wayne Thornton about his favorite El Paso high school sports memories got me thinking about the events I covered ... «El Paso Times, Jul 15»
