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...federal courts may have temporarily put a halt to enforcement of Proposition 187, but many Californians -- who passed the Nov. 8 initiative 59% to 41% -- appear to be ignoring the legal injunction and taking enforcement into their own hands. In the past two weeks special Prop 187 hot lines in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno and Sacramento have received thousands of calls from distraught victims reporting impromptu acts of discrimination that recalled the vigilante spirit of the old Wild West. Many of the callers were citizens or legal residents, wrongly suspected of being illegal. "No one has the word undocumented...
...that? Observers in Hong Kong say there are a couple of possible ! unpleasant scenarios. In scenario No. 1, Chinese authorities, who have already tightened credit in a somewhat futile attempt to halt runaway inflation, will tighten it further. This would lead to economic collapse, riots and widespread bankruptcy and would be bad for stocks. In scenario No. 2, the authorities will ease up on credit and resume the merry printing of Chinese renminbi, leading to hyperinflation, which would also be bad for stocks...
GRINDING TO A HALT? Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), the chamber's senior Democrat, broke with the Clinton Administration today and urged the postponement of anew global trade accorduntil next year in order to take into account the impact of this month's elections. "I believe it would be a mistake to ignore this political sea change by ramming the GATT through Congress next week without much debate and with no opportunity to amend," Byrd said today. "These are matters that concern every American and should not be decided hurriedly, under the cloud of a lame-duck session." Under...
...Tourney Final, Colby's Cinderella run through the All American Tourney came to a grinding halt at the feet...
...which the 18 participating nations could agree -- enforcing the U.S. nuclear-freeze accord with North Korea. After one-on-one talks with presidents and prime ministers of several Asian countries -- including key U.S. trading partners China, Japan and South Korea -- Clinton won pledges for continued pressure on Pyongyang to halt and ultimately dismantle its nuclear program. (The group has already endorsed the deal; Clinton aides are now negotiating how to enforce and pay for it over the next decade.) The president also brushed off queries about the effects of the GOP landslide on trade relations, promising an "open door" come...