“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
MAQUILADORA
maquiladora
(noun) an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
maquiladora (plural maquiladoras)
An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries. [from 20th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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