Word: expertly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this point our assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...
...bottom: Mexicans and Dominicans, who are brought into the U.S. for $50 to $1,000. "It's a sliding scale depending on how far you travel and how familiar you are with the system," says David Simcox of the Center for Immigration Studies. Adds Douglas Massey, an immigration expert and sociologist at the University of Chicago: "I don't think Congress intended to create a black market, but it seems that IRCA's only impact has been to increase the efficiency and the cost of illegal entry...
...that the legalization program helped to augment -- not reduce -- the illicit flow. Even more telling, the influx is rising once again. Since December, the INS' monthly apprehension figures are averaging 50% higher than the year before. "It's getting back to business as usual," warns Arthur Helton, an immigration expert at the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights...
...employers anywhere in the U.S. have gone to jail for breaking that law. Even the smugglers have little to fear: a six-month suspended sentence is typical for a first offense, while some violators get only probation. "U.S. attorneys along the border plea- bargain these cases away," says immigration expert Simcox. "A smuggler often gets off with the confiscation of his vehicle, which is seen as just a cost of doing business." In the case of Filipino smuggler Dulay, federal agents seized $165,000 in his savings account, plus four cars. Dulay was sentenced to 21 months in jail...
...surprise invasion of Western Europe now that their allies in the Warsaw Pact have declared independence and the U.S.S.R.'s military effectiveness has disintegrated. The Soviet army is significantly weakened by ethnic strife and insubordination in the ranks. (At the NATO meeting in Brussels last week, a senior defense expert disclosed that the Soviet army mobilized an entire division in its Moscow barracks last February as a signal to the Kremlin against further military cuts.) Warning time in advance of a hypothetical Soviet land attack across Europe could be as much as six months to a year, according to some...