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WASHINGTON--The House passed a bill yesterday to slow the influx of illegal aliens with a carrot-and-stick program of amnesty for those with roots and penalties for employers who hire undocumented workers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House of Representatives Passes Immigration Bill | 10/16/1986 | See Source »

After a meal that is to include cream of carrot soup, cold filet of sole, fruit compote, and champagne toasts, Shultz will return to his farm, an aide said...

Author: By Arthur Rublin, | Title: Sec. Shultz To Address Convocation In Yard Today | 9/5/1986 | See Source »

...much? What kind? With what strings attached? Reagan originally chose to demand all or nothing, but many Congressmen are searching for a middle ground. Unwilling to cut off the contras altogether, yet eager to explore diplomatic avenues as well, they want to approach the Sandinistas with a mixture of carrot and stick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tough Tug of War | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...Sandinistas, it can be reasonably argued, are far more likely to keep their promises under the pressure of armed force. Such a carrot-and-stick approach requires fine calibration, a careful assessment of when to deal and when to threaten. It cannot be carried off unless the Sandinistas know that the Administration is not just bluffing--and that Congress will back up the threats with the wherewithal to sustain them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tough Tug of War | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...Hmmmmnughagggh...In the course of 20th century...uhm...literature, the contribution of the...uhm...Shriner poets should not be...uhm...overlooked...uhm..." As he continued, droning on endlessly in the same monotone, I began to feel that another voice was speaking through him, perhaps that of a long-deceased carrot...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Professing Some Hatred | 3/11/1986 | See Source »

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