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...seekers who merely look like foreigners. But the law has not significantly reduced unauthorized immigration. The flow from the South continues at such a pace that the INS is embarking on what literally amounts to a last-ditch tactic: it will soon dig a 5-ft.-deep, 4-mile-long trench along the Mexican border near San Diego, in part to prevent fast-moving cars packed with illegal immigrants from racing across the boundary...
...strangulation of the major cities. "We want to collapse the city from within," explains Abdul Haq, a powerful commander whose men are positioned around Kabul. Key targets include the shutdown of airports, the closure of the government's arms pipeline and the cutting of the Salang Highway, the 264-mile road that stretches from Kabul into Soviet territory...
...classic cars cost a relatively reasonable $50 per day and 30 cents per mile, but customers must belong to National's frequent-renter program (fee: $50 per year). The agency finds that drivers treat the vehicles with tender loving care. Says a National spokesman: "The cars often come back waxed and polished -- better than when we rented them...
...gash through its double hull and into the engine room. With the ship listing and the smell of gasoline thick in the air, the 314 passengers and crew members were rescued unharmed by scientists in small boats from the U.S. research center at Palmer Station, a mile away. But the ship began leaking its 250,000 gal. of oil and spilling cargo, including drums of diesel and jet fuel and tanks of compressed gas, from its deck...
...Resolved that "the city manager and all city employees rededicate themselves to go the 'extra mile' in dealing with others." The move was prompted by President Bush's campaign pledge for a "kinder and gentler" nation, the order said...