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...they do. "Every house needs a door, and every country needs a border," says Colorado's Democratic Governor Richard Lamm. If the U.S. fails to stop illegal immigration, he warns, "we shall leave a legacy of strife, violence and job-lessness for our children." Florida's Senator Lawton Chiles is equally alarmist. "If we do not regain control of our borders . . . I think that within ten years, we will not recognize the United States as the United States we see today...
After it was further stipulated that the bad golfers be good sports, the best or the worst of the few remaining prospects were deemed to be Illinois Restaurant Owner Jack Pulford, 48; Colorado Stockbroker Joel Mosser, 45; Texas Trial Lawyer Kelly Ireland, 42; and Pennsylvania Grocer Angelo Spagnolo, 31. "I took up golf because my bowling was so bad," Spagnolo explained, "though I didn't lose that many bowling balls." Given the blessing of PGA Commissioner Deane Beman, a man with an inclination to smile, the foursome was brought to the Tournament Players Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla., essentially...
...sexism restricted to lecturers. Liia Annus Vilms '60, now a software development engineer at Hewlett-Packard in Colorado, majored in math and had to take introductory physics. There were only a dozen women in her class of 300, and she was the only women in her lab section. After all the Harvard students teamed up," "my section leader made no effort to get me a partner and told me to work by myself," she recalls...
...lobby against drinking and driving. Like many other groups, the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council in Denver had to cancel a party this year because no insurance was available if beer was sold to raise funds. "High court awards have scared underwriters to death," says Gene Glascock of the Colorado state division of insurance. One Denver eatery had its rates raised from $18,000 to $58,000 a year, a strong incentive not to serve drunks. In New Jersey, homeowners are worrying about suits from drunk-driving accidents. The state supreme court ruled last year that social hosts...
...largely symbolic. To get it, Dole had promised New York's Alfonse D'Amato and Florida's Paula Hawkins, both Republicans, that he would offer an amendment knocking out any limitations on cost of living (COLA) increases for Social Security recipients. Warned Colorado Republican William Armstrong: "It's a killer amendment . . . a wrecker amendment. It sets the stage for unraveling the whole package." Dole offered the amendment even though he opposed it; he knew that Democrats were poised to introduce the same vote-getting measure and preferred to let Republicans take the credit. The COLA restoration carried...