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...grant amnesty to illegal aliens who had lived in the United States for seven years or longer and allow them to live, work and bring their families here; those who had lived here less than seven years, but had arrived prior to January 1, 1977 would be permitted to retain their jobs, though they would be denied most social services and the privilege of bringing their families here...
...hacks and demagogues have survived the election; Councilors Albert "Dapper" O'Neil and Frederick C. Langone did retain their seats. But the three losers, Councilors Louise Day Hicks and John Kerrigan and School Committee member Elvira "Pixie" Palladino, each represented a special facet of Boston's malevolent underside. Whether Hicks and Palladino gain the hundred odd votes they need to win in a recount remains irrelevant because, compared to previous elections, this year's results are a clear repudiation of the trinity that stood for patronage and prejudice...
...attempt to further ensure that the country's voting white minority will hand Vorster an overwhelming victory in the general elections later this month, and to serve notice to the U.S. and other Western powers that the white minority is prepared to fight to the last to retain its social predominance and political power...
...seek to perpetrate. A new method of corruption, practised by many African governments, is that of the "unopposed-system." This system denies the African the franchise and deprived all other political parties of the right to contest general elections. This system enables all members of the ruling party to retain their former seats in parliament. Governments of this type will never represent and protect the interest of the people because they are not elected by the people...
...exposure" announced last week that it will retain legal counsel in its dispute with the university's administration. The Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union last week sent a letter to B.U.'s president supporting "the exposure...