Word: bordered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they learn to put together computer chips, sew flannel pajamas and cover baseballs. Moved irretrievably beyond the old ways by their experience, they tend to migrate to the same kind of factories or to other jobs in the U.S. In a way, assembly plants just south of the Mexican border are staging areas for women's immigration...
...White House, exercising extreme caution, made no official statement about the hostage release until National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane verified through official sources that the convoy had reached the Syrian border. Then, at 2:05 p.m., White House Spokesman Larry Speakes made a brief statement, including the President's response. "That's very welcome news," said Ronald Reagan. Using pilots' slang for airborne, he added, "Let me know when they are wheels...
...hostage roll call and the border vigil by the diplomats were repeated on Sunday. This time all 39 Americans were together. After a quick calculation to make sure no one was missing, Conwell shouted, "Do you all want to go home?" In unison they replied, "Yeah!" Added Conwell: "O.K., fellows. I think we made it." This time the convoy did roll, and the patience of all of the negotiating parties in the strange deal that no one wanted to admit was a deal had finally been rewarded...
...Valenzuelas entered illegally from Mexico, chasing their American dream through a hole in the border fence near Tijuana on a moonless autumn night almost ten years ago. In contrast to the popular image of transient workers cowering in fear of deportation, they are among a burgeoning number of illegal families who have sunk deep roots in hospitable American soil. They are granted nudge-and-a-wink acceptance by employers as well as government agencies...
...says, "just a Social Security number." Like most illegals, Valenzuela simply made up a number. (He was later able to get a legitimate number after applying for legal residency.) He was caught once by the INS while packing coleslaw in central Los Angeles and was bused across the border, but he sneaked back through the fence in time for work the next morning...