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...processing applications. More than 15,000 other Cubans have applied for regular visas, and in all, more than 20,000 may be permitted to immigrate in 1985. During the 1960s and '70s, an average of about 26,000 Cubans arrived legally in the U.S. each year, reaching a peak of 70,000 during Jimmy Carter's first year in office. Since the 1980 flotilla, fewer than 3,000 Cubans a year have been allowed into...
...object discovered by McCarthy and his colleagues-Frank Low of the University of Arizona and Ronald Probst of the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson-has been dubbed VB 8B and is some 600 million miles from the star it orbits. It is visible only through powerful telescopes. Although it is nine-tenths the size of Jupiter, its mass is ten to 50 times greater. It is also a good deal warmer: 2,000° F, in contrast to Jupiter's -240°, or as Gatewood put it, "as hot as a Pittsburgh blast furnace...
...accident, even though he knew that he would surely face trouble as soon as he stepped off the airplane. Anderson has been trying to give new momentum to a company that is still reeling from the 1981-82 recession and a worldwide glut of petrochemicals. Annual profits reached a peak of $890 million in 1980, but fell by 91% to $79 million in 1983. The price of Union Carbide's stock had dropped from a peak of 74 in 1983 to 49 before the accident...
...appeal for money, which then goes to pay for the dolls, football, ready bears and board games given to needy boys and girls younger than 14. The newspaper picks up the cost of administering Globe Santa, which includes renting warehouse space and paying a staff that numbers 20 in peak weeks...
Most tourists visit Harvard between May and October, and the peak season occurs in the middle of August, when up to 1000 people tour Harvard in a week. By contrast, the U.S.S. Constitution, one of Boston's top attractions, welcomes around 5000 tourists a day during their peak season, which occurs at the same time as Harvard...