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...afraid of RICO? The 28-year-old Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Law, intended for the mob, made its presence felt in the antiabortion movement Monday. A Chicago court found three pro-life leaders liable for creating an atmosphere conducive to violence, and ordered them to pay nearly $86,000 to the abortion clinics where they protested. The campaigners vow to appeal, but the case looks likely to open the legal floodgates. ?With a verdict in their favor,? says TIME Chicago bureau chief Wendy Cole, ?the plaintiffs can now seek a permanent nationwide injunction? -- which would prevent the Pro-Life...
Hauser's primate behavior research has takenhim from the forests of Uganda to the islands ofPuerto Rico...
WASHINGTON: The people in the House say Si. By the narrowest of margins -- a single vote -- the House of Representatives voiced its approval Wednesday night for a plebiscite that may turn Puerto Rico into the 51st state. More importantly, they did it without any bill-killing riders such as a clause making English the official language of the United States -- a suggestion from Rep. Gerald Solomon that seemed calculated to offend the Spanish-speaking commonwealth. ?I?m extremely excited,? said Puerto Rico?s only congressional delegate, Carlos Romero-Barcelo...
...Even if they did vote in favor this time, the final approval comes from Capitol Hill -- and Congress would have to do some serious thinking before bringing the fiscal equivalent of East Germany into the fold. "If Puerto Rico were to become a state," warns TIME Miami Bureau chief Tammerlin Drummond, "it would be poorer than Mississippi." It?ll be a while, at least, before the spangled banner sees another star...
...because the N.M.I. does not necessarily agree with its warped findings is no reason to believe federalization will be a magic cure for developmental problems. Our people are guaranteed the right to self-government, including the right to "progressive economic self-sufficiency." The U.S. aims to force a Puerto Rico-style economy on the N.M.I. JOHN S. DELROSARIO JR. Former Resident Executive Indigenous Affairs Office Commonwealth of the N.M.I. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands...