Word: lawfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worldwide refugee situation is worse than in any period since World War II. There are more than 10 million refugees and displaced persons in various parts of the world. Current U.S. law technically permits 17,400 such refugees to settle annually in America and become citizens after five years of permanent residency. But last fiscal year, using emergency "parole" power, Attorney General Griffin Bell permitted entry of 18,000 Soviet Jews and 25,000 Indochinese. In March he announced another such parole: 25,000 Soviet and Eastern European refugees (mostly Jews) and 35,000 Indochinese will be allowed...
...that he collected money from the Senate for expenses that he either did not incur or that were not reimbursable. Other accusations are that he did not pay federal taxes on gifts to his former wife Betty; that he did not report gifts by constituents, as is required by law; that he filed false reports of campaign contributions and expenditures with the Senate; and that he improperly converted campaign contributions to his personal use. The Justice Department is awaiting the outcome of the hearings before deciding whether to take any action against Talmadge, who may also find his tax returns...
Ohio's Shawnee Indians regularly violate the state's bird-protection law by plucking feathers from eagles, hawks and even robins for their ceremonial headdresses. No one has ever been arrested, but some Indians insist that the fowl law slights their heritage, and they persuaded State Representative Edward Orlett to do something about...
...Margaret gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl?an instant family that her friends cite as the ultimate in efficiency. Mark went to Harrow and is now the representative of an Australia-based freight company. His sister Carol studied law at London University and has been working in Australia as a reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald. She returned to London in time for the last weeks of the campaign...
Four months after the twins were born, Margaret qualified as a barrister specializing in tax and patent law. She also kept her political ties. In 1959, when the twins were six and in boarding school, she was adopted as the Conservative candidate for Finchley, a safe Tory seat in the London suburbs. Thatcher romped home with a majority of 16,260 in the Conservative landslide, and her political career was launched...