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Mexican standoff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Mexican standoff is a slang term defined as a stalemate or impasse, a confrontation that neither side can win. In popular culture, the Mexican standoff is usually portrayed as two or more opponent...
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Oct 13, 2009 ... Mexican standoff (plural Mexican standoffs) ... The term Mexican standoff risks offending Mexicans, even when no derogation is meant. ...
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Mexican standoff's origins are not known, but one source supposes that the term, which means `a situation from which nothing at all can be expected,' comes from a derogatory origin. This source notes that adjectives of nationality are often used in derogatory manners.
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Mexican economists estimate that a third of the work force is unemployed, and even those fortunate enough to retain jobs have seen their real wages plummet. In fact, their earning power has declined to only two-thirds of what it was twenty years ago.
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(see all of Mexican standoff, there are 2 more in this node) ... If there is a Mexican standoff in which three gunslingers are arranged so that everyone has a gun pointed at them at point blank range, the situation becomes very tricky, in that the most likely situation in the event that someone fires is that the only...
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Did country music star Charlie Daniels write an essay about immigration reform demonstrations? ... MEXICAN STANDOFF ; I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally, made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations.
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A Mexican standoff ended in the late summer. ... The standoff began in earnest. The farmers refused to negotiate. Foreign and Mexican Leftists, including some of Subcomandante Marcos’ Zapatista rebels, flocked to Atenco to show solidarity with the farmers – a curious spectacle of a bunch of Marxists backing people...
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Listen to Elbow – Mexican Standoff (full track) for free. Mexican Standoff appears on the album Leaders Of The Free World (Enhanced). Elbow are an alternative rock band which formed in Bury, Greater Manchester, England in 1990 while at sixth-form college. ... Lebkuecher added Mexican Standoff to the playlist. 57 minutes ago...
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