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...soon to tell whether those measures will deter the hiring of illegals--penalties added during a 1986 reform are rarely enforced. But in this election year, that may not be what matters most. Tough talk from Congress or the President may be enough to send a key message: We're working...
...while their fathers cough up hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single party and a luxury automobile. After watching an episode with my rapt teenage daughter, I couldn't help asking, Is it any wonder the rest of the world hates us? Fern Galperin Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. To Deter or Disarm? time's comprehensive analysis of the Iranian nuclear standoff was wonderfully well written and insightful [April 3]. Iranian leaders rely for the defense of their country on a simple perception: that an opponent doesn't dare make an aggressive move for fear of devastating consequences. Peaceful negotiations through...
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...illegal substance is all that matters.” TOKE’N EFFECTThe Aid Elimination Penalty’s author and primary proponent, Congressman Mark E. Souder (R-Ind.), told USA Today in 2000 that the penalty’s purpose would be to “deter students from using and selling drugs.”The law has since drawn fire from experts in various fields—mostly for the inequity of its effects, they say.“The Higher Education Act is a barrier to education that primarily punishes working-class Americans...
...issue is nothing less than how best to deter a Soviet nuclear attack ... The U.S., [Weinberger] insists, must ... get ready to fight against Soviet or Soviet-inspired thrusts in several areas at once-the Persian Gulf, Central America, Africa and Central Europe ... 'WE MUST BE ABLE TO DEFEND OURSELVES IN WARS OF ANY SIZE AND SHAPE AND IN ANY REGION.' Some critics counter with the argument that the U.S. cannot police the world and that such simultaneous wars are not likely. The fact is that U.S. weakness makes them much likelier. Moreover, Weinberger insists, military planners can no longer assume...