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… pasts they arrive from and the futures they promise if we become so bold as to forget that the stories we tell to scare … la cerveza más fina —was rumored to contain a special ingredient: urine. This was, of course, untrue, but the rumor … the cheap now that it has lost its hermetic seal, but you also have to accept the potential for food poisoning. It’s …

… the yards washed to the bare bones of rock. But they would come. Having deserted it for prosperity they had assumed the … staring upward at the old house—they had their pictures also, but this ungenteel decay, dropping suddenly after a … is it comes over you Southern people to let your old things die, to—” “Economics,” she interrupted drily, sleeking her …

… 14,500 feet, is the highest peak in the continental US. Completing the trail requires three weeks, much of it spent … tents. I’d been awakened by the flickering of a headlamp coming from my brother’s tent, which had collapsed under the … dropping $300 on beer, burgers, and groceries. Two field goals and a small tip for the humorless resort manager later, …

… the television, and, of course, there was the tragedy of it coming at Christmastime too. Actually, because it was the … of these old GMC’s to know their quirks. Hugo Sencillo also knew that there was a good chance that the two girls … in the Hotel de la Condesa in Zacatecas. The bus fumed its diesel exhaust into the brightening morning as he worked …

… an experience is in decline. The experience of television combined separation and togetherness; to tune in to a popular show was to commune without community. Television made entertainment a … made it possible for viewers to bypass the commercials, the whole concept of television began to break down. …