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...time that she needed Mexican citizenship to find work. In January 1984 Randall, by then divorced, returned on a visa to the U.S. and married an American, from whom she is now separated. In October 1985 an INS official in El Paso rejected her application for permanent resident alien status. Ordinarily, Randall would be eligible to remain because her parents and two of her four children are U.S. citizens. But the immigration official decided that she had to leave. The reason: "Her writings go far beyond mere dissent, disagreement with, or criticism of the U.S. or its policies...
Secretary of State George Shultz went on the road last week to defend American policy toward Nicaragua. During a speech in Guatemala before the 16th General Assembly of the Organization of American States, he offered little hope for a negotiated settlement. "Foreign intervention in the form of alien ideologies and foreign cadres -- from Cuba, the Soviet Union, East Germany, North Korea, Viet Nam and Libya -- is at this very moment promoting instability and violence in Central America," said Shultz. "The only road to peace and stability is to eliminate that alien intervention." He asserted that "there would be a great...
...detention in Texas, and no idea how to fit them into his overcrowded house if he does get his family out of detention and into Boston. And, while the man has been in America for four years without getting caught, he is here illegally, as an undocumented alien...
...naked AIDS virus converts its RNA into double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the master molecule of life. The molecule then penetrates the cell nucleus, inserts itself into a chromosome and takes over part of the cellular machinery, directing it to produce more AIDS viruses. Eventually, overcome by its alien product, the cell swells and dies, releasing a flood of new viruses to attack other cells, including more helper T cells and macrophages. The immune system, deprived of a crucial number of those vital T cells, is unable to direct the fight against infection. A host of opportunistic diseases, normally warded...
...friends first ventured into the computer room when the introductory computer course became mandatory at Mendocino. They soon learned that in addition to zapping alien invaders, the machines could be used for composing music, creating posters and preparing letter-perfect homework. They were also prodded and then inspired by Kathi Griffen, their computer teacher, who made a special effort to encourage them. Says Griffen: "I'm trying to open the doors for girls so they can enjoy computers...