Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tanning. As the romance blossomed into the possibility of an engagement, al Fayed feigned nonchalance. "Normal people fall in love," he told an interviewer. "That's it." But al Fayed surely exulted inside. His battles with the British establishment--over his 1985 purchase of Harrods, his unrewarded quest for citizenship, his hand in bringing down Tory ministers--had left him embittered. In Diana he picked up the jewel both prized and tossed aside by the English elite, a diamond with an edge that could cut. Snaring her, and perhaps even installing her in the former residence of the Duke...
...Lord Spencer, and employs her stepmother Raine, Countess de Chambrun, as a director of Harrods International, the store's duty-free arm. Al Fayed sponsors the Royal Windsor Horse Show, at which he shares the Queen's box. Still, the British government has for years denied his requests for citizenship without explanation. Al Fayed also deeply resents a 1990 government report criticizing the financing of his takeover of Harrods. The cold shoulder of his adopted home reflects, he says, contempt for Britain's fast-growing immigrant population. And ingratitude as well. Al Fayed has invested almost $500 million in Harrods...
This century was one of revolutionary change in how women are viewed. A woman's status has been elevated from appendage of a husband to full U.S. citizenship, socially and occupationally. The 20th century should be called the Century of the Woman. Please give this some thought when compiling your list. ALICE SAVAY WEBB Houston...
...create jobs requires investment. To cover up that lie, they cut the benefits to legal immigrants." In almost a year, the fund has had more than 700 applications for grants and has awarded 45 of them, worth about $25 million. Most have gone to organizations that help immigrants gain citizenship...
...several fronts. TIME's William Shawcross reports in this week's cover story that Soros is giving $15 million over five years to groups that oppose America's "war on drugs"; $5 million in grants to help cut the incarceration rate; $50 million to help fellow immigrants get citizenship; $20 million to improve care for the dying and $25 million to conduct a vast "social experiment" in the city of Baltimore...