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...throughout the country on the whole immigration issue." Attempts at compromise bogged down over provisions to benefit fruit and vegetable growers, who largely rely on illegal aliens for their work forces. Conservatives also balked at the amnesty provision, while many Hispanic leaders feared that the employer fines would make businessmen wary of hiring legally resident aliens and citizens of Hispanic descent...
...added that the ultimate aim of American business is to make money for the shareholders, while Japanese businessmen focus on the well-being of their employees instead...
...Samuel Dawson. "Assume it. Accept it. There is." Nevertheless, he told the jury, "just because a person is a member of the Mafia doesn't mean he has committed the charged crime or even agreed to commit the charged crime." Dawson depicted the Commission as a sort of underworld businessmen's round table that approves new Mafia members and arbitrates disputes. Its purpose, he insisted, is "to avoid -- avoid -- conflict...
Here's what really happened. First, a bunch of party hacks got together to solicit position papers from professors, businessmen and activists and hold fancy press conferences showcasing successful local and state Democratic initiatives. Finally this week, after their year of sound and fury, they released their report, one which foolishly seeks to recapture the electorate with this uninspiring message: let's move to the right...
King, who spent eight days in South Africa and met with businessmen and antiapartheid political leaders, seemed totally bewildered by the antagonisms she found. Conceding at a news conference that the political situation was "more complex than I initially thought," she said she needed "more substantive and more complete information" before meeting Botha at some future date...