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Every year during the summer, waves of migrants work their way northward from the South and Mexico, harvesting the fruit and vegetables of orchards and farms. Although their often appalling working conditions and meager wages have long been the object of reformers' zeal, some of the migrants are suffering an even greater degradation: slavery...
...school. It is also used as a defense for Jackson's other major project, a series of "trade covenants" in which large corporations agree to hire more blacks and use the services of minority-owned businesses. Jackson's critics, on the other hand, contend that results are meager because Jackson does not tend the orchard long enough to ensure a harvest...
...nation of 119 million, Japan does indeed have a relatively meager military: 13 divisions (155,000 men), 160 ships and 360 aircraft. Because it has not fought in any wars since 1945, not a single member of its forces today has combat experience. The weakest link is the ground troops. The navy, though small and ill equipped, is well disciplined, while the air force enjoys high morale. The army has found it difficult to recruit the 20,000 men needed every year just to keep up its current strength. Coordination among the three branches is poor; commanders rarely speak...
Even more disappointing for the Crimson was their meager offensive output, not only because it was the lowest since the opener, but because it represented its 11th straight failure to score in double digits. Two of Harvard's goals came in the final 10 minutes, after the Scarlet Knights had built a 10-2 lead and switched goalies. Crimson turnovers in the Rutgers end failed many scoring opportunities...
...farce reaches unbelievable extremes when Lady Bracknell terrorizes the obsequious John Worthing, who had hoped to marry her stylish daughter, Gwendolyn Fairfax (Jacqueline Riggs). As she grills him on his eligibility with questions like "Do you smoke?" his meager replies sound more and more unrealistic--"I'm afraid I do," he squeaks, and she answers dictatorially, "Good--a man should always have an occupation." Worthing says he has no parents and Bracknell responds, "To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose both is carelessness." In order to be considered for Miss Fairfax's husband he "must...