Word: benefitting
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Qualifying for refugee status or asylum is extremely difficult, but the appeals process can take years. "Jamming the system buys time," notes Peter Nunez, U.S. Attorney in San Diego. "Delays work to the benefit of the aliens." Manhattan Lawyer Richard Silverblatt pleaded guilty this year to criminal charges after he filed a series of phony asylum applications. His ; clients, who did not know how he was keeping them in the country, happily paid his fees...
About the only thing the experts agree on is that illegal immigration is a ^ boon for employers and consumers. Low-cost labor allows businesses to be competitive while earning healthy profits, and some of the benefit is passed along to consumers in the form of lower prices. But illegal immigrants may also compete with unskilled Americans for many jobs. "Some people are hurt by illegal aliens, and some benefit," says Weintraub...
...Jersey family whose son killed himself after he was allegedly molested by a Franciscan brother had its suit thrown out. The victim was a participant in youth ministries, and a state law exempts organizations like the Archdiocese of Newark from damage suits by those who use and benefit from its services...
...company. United may attempt to link some of its services. Passengers, for example, could pick up boarding passes and drop off luggage at Hertz counters. The Hertz acquisition is part of United's corporate strategy of building a company that comprises several parts of the travel business. A side benefit is to make the company larger and thus less vulnerable to a takeover attempt. Says Ferris: "All the moves are part of a plan. Adding the country's biggest car- rental company to the country's biggest airline and a chain of luxury hotels opens up all kinds of marketing...
Author and Columbia Teachers College Professor DIANE RAVITCH at Reed College in Portland: "You have just completed what is widely regarded as an elite education, not because only an elite deserves a liberal education or can benefit by a liberal education, but because fewer and fewer American students are actually receiving an education of comparable quality and breadth. A liberal education is founded on the premise that knowledge is power and that ideas move the world. Or, this idea is expressed in what is known as the Law of Selective Advancement (a relative of Murphy's Law): 'The person...