Word: considerable
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The last-minute surge bumped the number of amnesty applications to 1.73 million, still far short of the 3 million the Federal Government had expected. Nonetheless, by a vote of 56 to 40, the Senate last week refused to consider an extension of the program.
Some authorities consider their efforts futile. "In law enforcement, I don't think we're having an effect," says Ken Walton, a former Detroit FBI agent. "I don't see anything positive on the horizon. I see no good news." Says DEA Agent Stutman: "Essentially, law enforcement can only provide...
Had your fill of creole gumbo and Cajun blackened redfish? Fed up with Southwestern blue cornmeal tortillas, Tex-Mex refried beans and California's baby vegetables and grill-scarred swordfish? Then consider traveling north by northwest to Seattle, where yet another new American regional cuisine is bubbling along. Having simmered...
In an interview with TIME inside Canto Grande two weeks ago, McNamara was careful to refer all questions about Senderista politics to the smartly dressed, unfailingly polite "delegate" inmates who run the cellblock. Delegate Dalila claimed that all the pavilion's inmates belong to the "authentic" Peruvian Communist Party, which...
Consider the case of Garth Conlan, a vegetable and strawberry grower in Castroville, Calif., who walked into a Wells Fargo branch in 1981 to borrow $3 million. The bankers, eager for business, approved the loan in 48 hours, Conlan's attorneys say. Yet two years later, when Wells Fargo decided...