For instance, there is a substantial mixing of the American population through interracial marriage, he said.

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It originally fell around August, but the Christian conquistadors, hoping to assimilate the heathen holiday through their favoured tactic of cultural mestizaje (mixing), moved it to the day after All Saints' Day.

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Later, as we wander through the evening throng of locals and mediums mixing side by side, dodging kids on bikes, I ask Junior what time they close the doors for the day?

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While businesses across cultures and countries are building successful ventures with these type of relationships, particularly in the BRIC countries, Americans at a disadvantage by not mixing business with pleasure or going for the drive-through transaction.

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The bands that broke through in '91 built communities the old-fashioned way: touring nonstop and mixing with fans in and out of clubs.

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That's why many balloon retailers are mixing air or other safe, alternate gases with helium to extend the supply through this shortage.

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Word game Quarrel finally reaches the Xbox console through the Xbox Live Arcade, some four years after the first spark of innovation that saw anagrams mixing with Risk, and two years after the code was completed.

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