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...kinds of jobs illegal immigrants take are the kind most legal residents would never perform. Illegal immigrants are exploited for their labor, working long hours in California's agricultural fields, in sweatshops in Los Angeles, as domestics, as gardeners, and as house cleaners in people's homes. I do not advocate this exploitation, but it is false to accuse illegal immigrants of taking away jobs from other residents...

Author: By Anamarie E. Huerta, | Title: A Huge Step Backwards | 11/15/1994 | See Source »

...that the military is the only Cuban institution efficient enough and strong enough to bring about reform. In the 1980s the army began to impose market-oriented management techniques in its own ammunition factories, offering bonuses for increased production and transferring those who did not perform. By 1991 the army had passed along its experience to 100 civilian industries. Party sources say Raul's military advisers are looking beyond quick fixes and studying a complete overhaul of the socialist system. "If you're going to implement changes, one of the safer ways to do this is to use the armed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raul Castro: Fidel's Brother Sets Up Shop | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

...disappearance," police affidavits report, John had beaten her on the body and face as her mother watched. John later added that Pauline joined in the beating. When Christina started screaming, he stopped her mouth with a towel. When she choked and went into seizures, he says, he tried to perform CPR, unsuccessfully. The couple kept her corpse in a closet for four days. Last Friday, just 17 hours after South Carolina police shocked the nation with the announcement that they were taking Susan Smith in for murdering her children, Pauline Zile, like her husband, was also charged with murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parents Who Kill | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

Harvard radio will perform its share of coverage with reporters stationed at the headquarters of U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56; his Republican challenger, W. Mitt Romney; Gov. William F. Weld '66; and his opponent Mark Roosevelt...

Author: By Jeff Beals, | Title: WHRB Plans Unusual Election Night Show | 11/8/1994 | See Source »

...Leningrad State University, Gontarev was known for his imitations of French singer Yves Montand. One night, Gontarev was asked to perform before an audience of administrators and faculty, and it changed his life...

Author: By Claire P. Prestel, | Title: One of College's First Soviet Grads Returns to Ed School | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

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