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Given that the crisis of illegal immigration bridges the two main issues in the presidential campaign--the economy and national security--one might think that the candidates would pound their podiums with calls for change. But that's not the case so far. Bush has reaffirmed his pledge for an immigration policy that would provide worker's permits for aliens who find jobs, and John Kerry has promised to propose legislation that would lead to permanent residence for many illegal-alien workers. Neither candidate has called for imposing serious fines on the people who encourage illegal immigration: corporate employers...
...there were 100,000 security personnel a year ago, now 241,000 are in the field, he said. A third of last week?s operations had no Coalition thumbprint; they were conceived, planned and executed by Iraqis. Just over a third more were conducted jointly, leaving U.S. grunts to pound out less than a third on their own, a marked difference from a year ago. Two larger operations, one near the capital, the other to its north, had snared more than a hundred prisoners and some enemy weapons caches, he said. But sectarian killings were escalating, as extremists? death squads...
...While Ogunwole was expected to take out the big seeds, the same could not be said for Flanagan. In the surprise match of the Crimson’s NCAA run, Flanagan upset the No. 2 seed C.P. Schlatter of Minnesota to advance to the quarterfinals in his 157-pound division. And even more surprising, he did it with a broken hand. During the match, Flanagan fractured his hand but still came up with the victory. And he continued to fight through the injury during his final two matches of the tournament in the quarterfinals and consolation bracket...
...Rita (Danny Perea), the cute, older girl-next-door. Questions about a painting in Flama’s living room, which appropriately depicts symbolic migrating ducks, reveal that his parents are amidst a messy divorce. In a blurry imagistic monologue, Ulises soliloquizes about loosing his job at a dog pound because he refused to euthanize the unclaimed animals. Moko and Flama’s relationship, which may be more than platonic, is complicated by Rita’s sexual advances towards Moko. Suddenly, an adolescent paradise becomes a lotus-eater limbo with all four lingering between youth and adulthood. Through...
...winner of the pie-eating contest was Math X instructor and Eliot House non-resident tutor Jonathan M. Bloom ’04, who ate one pound, eight ounces from two pies...