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...tired, poor, huddled masses seeking to get into the U.S. will now have a better chance if they also possess sought-after job skills. In a landmark revision of the nation's immigration laws, the second in five years, congressional conferees decided to raise the number of foreigners admitted annually to 700,000 starting in 1992, and to 675,000 after 1995 -- a significant increase over the current 490,000. The quota for newcomers with needed professional skills, such as scientists and engineers, would rise sharply, from...
PAKISTAN. Although the Bush Administration is not actually saying so, it has concluded that Pakistan has the atom bomb.* Washington's silence is eloquent. In order to continue supplying military and economic aid, Bush must certify to Congress that Pakistan does not possess nuclear weapons. Last year Bush did so; this year he did not. Military assistance and all new aid -- a potential $564 million for this fiscal year -- has been...
...other what he lacked: Sununu provided Darman with access to Bush; Darman provided Sununu, a Washington neophyte, with a knowledge of the workings of Congress, government and Washington. The two men meet each morning at 7:15 and speak by telephone 20, sometimes 30, times a day. Both possess quick, assertive minds; both have a weakness for pranks and practical jokes. And both men are fighters. But where Sununu wrestles, Darman boxes. Says a senior Administration official: "Sununu relies on his wits, on thinking off the top of his head. Darman is a planner. He's always five steps ahead...
...future of the Soviet Union could bring disintegration or right-wing reaction, or both -- prospects all the scarier because the Soviets still possess vast nuclear stockpiles. Moreover, a successful transition to a market economy will take a miracle. But one can hope the U.S.S.R., or what remains of it, will also pursue economic development rather than expansion and aggression...
...dedicated man, Hookes and the civil rights lobby are fast becoming irrelevant to the growing underclass--composed largely of Blacks--who live in constant fear of crime, attend delapidated schools, and possess few of the minimal qualifications (such as literacy) necessary for advancement...