Word: backlogs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University justify its policy of refusing to address a backlog of grievances, when both parties understand that the principle of justice delayed means justice denied...
...higher good believe it is futile for the Central American exiles to apply for legal residency. Some 250,000 are in the U.S. illegally, and last year the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) approved only 74 applications for asylum from Salvadorans, rejected 1,067, and faces a backlog of 25,000 other cases. The Government, which has deported 24,700 Salvadorans since 1980, argues that most Central American refugees are ineligible to be granted asylum under U.S. law because they are fleeing harsh economic conditions rather than political persecution. The INS declares that there is no proof that those deported...
...discover tax evaders, the IRS has been slow to prosecute them. Between 1972 and 1982, the total number of cases recommended for criminal prosecution rose only from 1,795 to 2,297, and the number who pleaded no contest or were found guilty, from 733 to 1,291. The backlog of civil suits over the amount of taxes due has swelled from 27,910 at the end of 1979 to 53,440 now. A number of experts believe that there should be not only more prosecutions but stiffer penalties. "A touch of jail for the Harvard graduate is a strong...
...vehicles were eventually sold to dealers at cut-rate prices, often after months of outdoor storage had taken their toll. lacocca's cure for Chrysler's peculiar addiction to production mandates was to kill the sales bank. The company took some heavy losses to sell off its backlog of inventory, but once the last car was gone, Chrysler stopped making cars on speculation...
...five years. The Navy is cutting the steaming time of its ships from 44 days per quarter year in 1982 to 42 days per quarter in 1983 and 40 days per quarter in 1984. The Pentagon's planned buildup of ammunition stockpiles has not been accomplished. A maintenance backlog that was supposed to be cleared up this year will last at least until...