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...bill is in fact an anti-Mexican, employer-harassing measure. True reform and control would allow Mexicans to visit the U.S. legally for short terms. Such visiting workers are an essential source of labor in the U.S. for jobs shunned by Americans. Their earnings help to alleviate the economic distress of their families in Mexico, and they provide that country with much needed dollars for international trade. E. Manning Giles San Antonio
...this retribution has caused many from Boston-area colleges to question BPD’s logic: why should someone’s student status confer upon them extra punishment? Young professionals’ parents aren’t notified of their drunken antics, yet they presumably exist and cause distress for their neighbors when parties turn wild...
Goodwin’s lawyers argued that the university had denied Goodwin interviews and positions on the basis of unlawful discrimination. They asked the jury to award her back pay for the salary she would have earned had she been promoted, punitive damages, and compensation for emotional distress...
...outdone, Chirac hopes to limit the damage when he launches his own campaign for the referendum on Thursday. He will answer questions on the private TF1 network from a studio audience of 18- to 25-year-olds. If he can cool the yes camp's sense of distress, the race could tighten...
Inspired by the finest 1950s junk fiction--Mickey Spillane's gun-crazy P.I. Mike Hammer and Al Feldstein's EC SuspenStories comics--Miller tells tales of misfit heroes seeking redemption by rescuing damsels in distress. Hartigan (Bruce Willis, untoppable at slipping into the skin of doomed tough guys) is a cop on a mission to save sweet Nancy (Jessica Alba) from a serial killer. Marv (Mickey Rourke, whose fallen-angel smile peeks through pounds of makeup) is an ex-con avenging the death of the one beautiful woman who ever did him a favor. Dwight (sturdy, haunted Clive Owen...