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...worldwide refugee situation is worse than in any period since World War II. There are more than 10 million refugees and displaced persons in various parts of the world. Current U.S. law technically permits 17,400 such refugees to settle annually in America and become citizens after five years of permanent residency. But last fiscal year, using emergency "parole" power, Attorney General Griffin Bell permitted entry of 18,000 Soviet Jews and 25,000 Indochinese. In March he announced another such parole: 25,000 Soviet and Eastern European refugees (mostly Jews) and 35,000 Indochinese will be allowed...
...flow of Soviet Jewish refugees has varied greatly. Fewer than 10,000 were allowed by Moscow to emigrate during the entire period 1961-71. That number soared to more than 30,000 in 1972 and 1973, then dropped sharply, then rose again last summer. This year's total may reach...
Late in the first period of hockey's version of Armageddon, Montreal winger Yvon Lambert, the pride of Drum-mondville, Quebec, stood behind his opponents net and contemplated the puck, untouched in front of him. Boston defenseman Mike Milbury, who relishes such opportunities, promptly skated, shoulders high, into Lambert and crushed him into the boards, snapping his head back against the plexiglass...
Lafleur had been the impetus behind Montreal's late comeback from a 3-1 deficit as the third period began. At 6:10 he circled the Boston cage, then spotted Mark Napier streaking netward and gave him a perfect set-up. Two minutes after that, Lafleur repeated the trick as Guy Lapointe tied it from the point...
...vets Wayne Cashman and Jean Ratelle gave Boston a two-goal edge in the second period with tallies from in close. Middleton, who ended up with four points on the night, opened the scoring 10:09 into the contest by flipping a loose puck past Dryden, but Lemaire reversed the trick by slipping a shot into the Boston net four minutes later...