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...Paso -- The motivations of drug dealers are often hard to interpret. Lately, U.S. Customs agents on the border between Texas and Mexico have seized several cocaine shipments with the name Clinton stenciled on the wrappings. Cocaine cartels usually mark their product with initials, brands or color coding. "We have no idea why they might be using the President's name," says agent Michael Lappe. "It's something we'd like to find...
...much for Republicans as against almost anyone in office. And even that reading has to be qualified. The New York City and New Jersey elections were so close that shifts of a very few votes would have reelected both Dinkins and Florio and no doubt led pundits to interpret the results very differently (although most American elections are decided by relatively small margins). Moreover, it is still possible for incumbents to win big. In Houston Mayor Bob Lanier promised to put more cops on the streets and did; the crime rate dropped significantly. In the election last week...
...getting in on the action in the first place. Brokerage firms tend to share prize IPOs only with their favorite clients, mainly big institutions and frequent customers, leaving small investors with the leftovers. Although stock exchanges have rules to discourage hoarding of hot issues, Wall Street firms generally interpret the guidelines to squeeze out the public. Some companies even instruct their brokers not sell IPOs to new customers. "It has nothing to do with fairness," says Joseph Plumeri, president of Smith Barney Shearson. "Is it fair to have a frequent-flyer pro gram where infrequent flyers can upgrade to first...
Different police officers can interpret obstruction and blockading differently, and the resulting uncertainty in enforcement may infringe on protesters' civil liberties by deterring legal, peaceful demonstrations...
Regardless of how you interpret the letter, however, it seems clear that Dean Buell isn't telling the full truth. If he honestly believes that outpourings of grief on the part of dozens of dedicated teachers deserves no consideration whatsoever, I've got some office space at a community college I'd like to sell...