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Yet for every country that limits entry to questing couples, new ones seem to open up. China, where many Canadian couples have successfully adopted, may be a good prospect. Bureaucratic hurdles are harder to jump in Colombia and Peru, but Bolivia and Ecuador seem to be opening up. Postrevolutionary Romania...
One result is the formation of highly organized international adoption organizations such as Los Ninos, founded in 1981; at least 900 parents have used its services. Aspiring adoptive parents can also tap into a rivulet of newsletters, mimeographed sheets and phone networks, in which successful adopters provide tips on procedures...
"The government was saying it was a fringe group of doctors (advocating the medicinal use of marijuana)." Doblin says. "We found there's definitely more to it. (The government) rides roughshod over people's real interests, real health needs, for bureaucratic reasons."
Like many dangerous industries, poultry processing has the advantage of a docile work force. Not only is the complaint process an intimidating bureaucratic tangle, but the plant workers are often poorly paid and uneducated women. Anxious to keep their jobs -- despite an average industry wage of just $5.50 an hour...
Do opt-outs live up to the Thatcherite vision of efficiency and competitive excellence? Two years ago, Hendon, a public secondary school in north London, faced dissolution and the merger of its dwindling student population into a nearby school. Today, as an institution that opted out, Hendon, with 850 students...