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...partly because of her Arizona votes, there was always an ambiguity in her feelings. She explained her votes in the state senate as being determined by strict adherence to legislative procedure rather than by pro-abortion sympathies. For instance, in 1974 she opposed a University of Arizona stadium bond issue after a rider was attached banning state funding for abortions at the university hospital. Her objection was not to the ban, she later explained, but to the use of an irrelevant rider, which she considered unconstitutional. Before her nomination, she told Reagan she found abortion "personally repugnant" and considered...
...illegal immigrants coming into the U.S., the number from other countries is also on the rise. In one Texas Border Patrol sector, arrested Salvadorans have doubled over the past year, from 266 to 542. One of them, José, 25, is trying to raise his $3,500 bond. "I can't go back to El Salvador," he says. "I'd be shot." Like Afghan and Haitian refugees, Salvadorans present thorny problems for the INS because they come requesting asylum. To get it, they must show that they have been or are likely to be persecuted for political, religious...
Ride's origins are as all-American as her achievements. She grew up in Encino, Calif., a Los Angeles suburb, reading a lot of science fiction as well as Nancy Drew and James Bond. Her father Dale taught political science at Santa Monica College; her mother Joyce stayed home with Sally and her younger sister Karen. Neither parent pushed her in any particular direction, "except to make sure I studied and brought home the right kind of grades...
...opening to a stunning popularity, aren't even supposed to interest us older adolescents. Glossy science-fiction movies packed with grandiose special effects, especially those featuring macho heroes saving the world from villainous villains, have pretty much outlived their appeal, and most can now be dismissed as passe. (James Bond movies come to mind.) But most people, teenagers or not, will find Return of the Jedi thoroughly entertaining, appropriate for watching over a bag of popcorn after a day at the beach. But one should be forewarned: the series has not changed the focus of its pre-teen appeal. Return...
This summer could see an epidemic of illegal taping. Several potential blockbusters are being released in addition to Jedi, which last week rang up the biggest one-day box office in history ($6.2 million). Other surefire sequels: the 13th James Bond film, Superman III and Staying Alive, the follow-up to Saturday Night Fever. Says William Nix, who heads the antipiracy division of the Motion Picture Association of America: "These films have built-in demand for illegal copies. The damage could be the worst ever...