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Organized smuggling rings control much of the illegal-alien traffic into Puerto Rico. They do an especially brisk business with Dominicans, many of whom sell all their belongings for a chance to get to U.S. soil. While some Dominicans land in Puerto Rico, others travel to the continental U.S., ( especially New York City. The going rate for a no-frills, no-guarantees trip across the Mona Passage is as high as $1,000. More deluxe trips, complete with falsified documents and a truck ride to San Juan, can cost thousands of dollars...
Dartmouth won the toss and elected to receive. Bruce Jacob took advantage of a brisk wind, and booted the kickoff into the endzone, giving the Big Green the ball...
Fashion Statement: Several Crimson booters broke out their longsleeve jerseys Saturday night in Ithaca, N.Y., as the brisk winds dropped the temperature below 40 degrees. Bonnie, meanwhile, sported a peculiar one-shoe style--he lost one of his cleats on a pass in the opening minutes of the game...
...shimmering wetly on a running track not far from the casino strip. Here Bill Cosby is hurling himself through a series of sprints, his sturdy 6-ft. frame showing the form that won collegiate championships three decades earlier. The stride is long and smooth, and the pace is brisk through 300 meters (43 sec.) and 600 meters (1:48). Cosby beats his target times and beams with satisfaction. He rewards himself with a Cuban cigar the size of a relay baton and sets a faster goal for tomorrow...
Many Floridians are planning to do just that. Thousands have signed up for firearms courses, a requirement for the concealed-weapons permit, and business is brisk at shooting ranges around the state. At the Tamiami Range and Gun Shops in Miami, classes have been booked solid since early June. "I'm just afraid of all the wackos out there," says Eliseo Santana, 29, a computer repairman who is applying for the permit. Adds August Zittel, a retiree from St. Petersburg: "I don't want to become another statistic...