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Although a constitutional amendment that would restrict the provision of asylum is imminent, few analysts believe it will make much difference. Germany is not about to deport hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers overnight; a continuing influx of illegal immigrants is considered unavoidable; as Molln showed, there are other targets as well -- the 6.2 million foreigners living in Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down on the Right | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...trucks as well as other materials were left overnight by the track by Meade-McGrath, which is under contract with the University to build a performance-enhancing wind-screen for the track...

Author: By Allen C. Soong, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Trucks Set Ablaze by Vandals | 12/9/1992 | See Source »

After all, the newly independent U.S. wrestled for decades with the concepts of constitutionality, federalism and individual rights. It also had to fight a devastating civil war before it could claim to be a fully representative democracy. For its part, Russia is trying to cast off, virtually overnight, the legacy of more than a thousand years of absolutism; and it is trying to create, virtually from scratch, the institutions, traditions and political culture associated with the rule of law and popular government. No wonder that this, more than any in years, is the winter of Russia's discontent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Miracle Wrapped in Danger | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

...Volume discounts for overnight mail, copying, vending and travel costs will have saved the Faculty...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dean to Release New Budget | 12/4/1992 | See Source »

...ground is solid and compact and water flows down through it at a rate of less than 30 m (100 ft.) a year. But about 20% of the U.S.'s fresh water flows through the myriad cavities and pores of limestone karst, often traveling 1 km (0.6 mile) overnight, taking unpredictable turns and sometimes bubbling up to the surface through a spring. Containment of a toxic spill in such terrain is virtually impossible. Even ordinary garbage that is dumped in a sinkhole can contaminate groundwater miles away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Subterranean Secrets | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

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