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...worldwide refugee situation is worse than in any period since World War II. There are more than 10 million refugees and displaced persons in various parts of the world. Current U.S. law technically permits 17,400 such refugees to settle annually in America and become citizens after five years of permanent residency. But last fiscal year, using emergency "parole" power, Attorney General Griffin Bell permitted entry of 18,000 Soviet Jews and 25,000 Indochinese. In March he announced another such parole: 25,000 Soviet and Eastern European refugees (mostly Jews) and 35,000 Indochinese will be allowed...
There has been little problem finding American sponsors for the Indochinese. After seeing a documentary on the plight of the boat people, Governor Robert Ray of Iowa wrote President Carter and said his state wished to add 1,500 more refugees this year to its current Indochinese population of 3,500. Ray offered those arriving last week "a new beginning, an opportunity to build new lives for yourselves and your children," and called on lowans to "remember that our own ancestors were also boat people...
...charms of boarding Thomas' train of thought is the puckish delight he takes in turning beliefs or assumptions upside down. The current to-do about the likelihood of cloning humans? Not worth worrying about, Thomas says, and impossible besides. But (and most of his essays pivot merrily on that word) he has a suggestion for those who cannot resist tinkering: "Set cloning aside, and don't try it. Instead go in the other direction. Look for ways to get mutations more quickly, new variety, different songs." Continued genetic errors, after all, enabled the primeval strand...
...that cause, Casaroli's travels have been endless, his achievements notable. Since 1963, among other things, he has reestablished diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia and rebuilt the shattered hierarchies of Hungary and Czechoslovakia. China is a current concern. With typical Casaroli finesse, the Vatican is maintaining an office on Taiwan, but no nuncio has been appointed-a signal that overtures from Peking are welcome...
Much of the current gallows humor at NBC eddies around the relationship of Silverman and Pfeiffer, a.k.a. "the Odd Couple" and "Mr. Tough and Mrs. Clean." By most standards, the two top executives are indeed mismatched. Silverman is rumpled and raffish, a volatile high roller, known for his seat-of-the-pants decisions on programming. Pfeiffer is formal and controlled, a superb administrator, known for her idealism and belief in "high programming standards." Where Silverman's language is direct and often unprintable, Pfeiffer's fluctuates between girls' school ("Oh gosh, gee whiz") and "high...