Word: edicts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since the INS's get-tough edict took effect, the number of Central Americans seeking asylum at the INS processing center near Bayview has plunged from a high of 967 a day to 313 a week. Of these, only three arrivals, or about 1% of the total, were granted asylum. Noting the drop in applications, the INS put off plans to build a tent city to hold as many as 5,000 detainees and cautiously declared the new policy a success...
...most astonishing ideological pirouette was performed by President Khamenei, who had seemingly tried to defuse the crisis a few days earlier when he spoke of Rushdie's possible repentance. But Khamenei sounded almost as fierce as the Ayatullah last week, saying of the death edict, "The long black arrow has been slung and is now traveling toward its target. There is nothing more that can be done." Western governments, he added, had made the mistake of confusing "freedom of expression with the freedom to insult 1 billion Muslims...
...edict before the game assured that the Bengals would not use a quick snap to draw a penalty against Buffalo for too many players on the field. Bills Coach Marv Levy had complained about such a tactic...
...homosexuals but do not make a point of it. On the Dec. 18 deadline, Dignity worshipers will march out of a Catholic church in protest and complete their Mass inside a liberal Protestant sanctuary. Thereafter, Dignity plans to continue worshiping with priests who are willing to disregard Quinn's edict. Pointedly, a Christmas Eve Mass will be celebrated in a public school directly across the street from Quinn's office. Insists local Dignity spokesman Kevin Calegari: "We have never had church approval. We don't need...
...service, but the schools themselves and the person who does the hiring has an awful lot of autonomy," says Jacqueline O'Neill, associate vice president for state and community affairs. "It's difficult to say if there have been deliberate strategies. It's not like the president issues an edict that the next three middle managers you hire must be women...