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Compounding the crisis are the currency controls instituted by López Portillo, who unjustly blames much of his country's economic plight on sacadólares, wealthy Mexicans who have been sending their money out of the country to safer havens. The scattershot regulations restrict the amount of currency that anyone can take out of Mexico. Tourists, except those visiting just the border areas, must declare all the cash they bring in. Foreign-owned industries may have trouble sending profits home; most Mexican businesses are hard pressed to obtain foreign currency for paying off outside debts; and banks...
...life. But not one item of the New Right's prospectus has yet been made a law. Legislation that would allow organized prayer in public schools faced another filibuster. A bill authorizing tax credits for private school tuitions is mired in the Senate. And a measure that would restrict busing for school desegregation passed the Senate but is languishing in the House. Even though Congress will reconvene after the November elections, it is unlikely there will be either the time or inclination this year to pass any new social legislation...
President Reagan and his conservative congressional colleagues have opposed the amendment, have sought to restrict abortion, and have supported budget cuts in programs to aid rape and domestic assault victims, child-care centers and child welfare recipients. It's become obvious that if women want their fair share, they themselves will have to enter the political process...
...Rogers, 69, upon joining a National Rifle Association fight against a California referendum to restrict handguns: "They'll have to shoot me first to take...
...neighborhood group called the Simplex Steering Committee proposed a zoning plan which would include many more residential areas, cut down on the institutional uses of the land, and restrict all development from some sections...