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WHAT IS THE ROOT OF THE CURRENT DIFFICULTIES IN THE LIVES OF MANY RUSSIANS? [Former President Boris] Yeltsin ruined the country. He allowed the wealth of the country to be taken by a few people. And the West was never critical of Yeltsin. I think President Vladimir Putin is correcting the mess that Yeltsin made...
...immigration overhaul in 1986 was supposed to have fixed the root problem of an uncontrolled influx by making it illegal for U.S. employers to hire undocumented workers and offering an amnesty to illegal immigrants who had been here for five years at that point. Instead, the best estimates suggest that since then, the number of illegal immigrants has more than tripled. Local governments are staggering under the costs of dealing with the inflow, and since 9/11, controlling who comes into the country has become a security issue as well...
...also fair to note that the current Iraq campaign might be going better if the Pentagon had shucked Weinberger's fascination with high-tech weaponry and instead invested more heavily in the troops and armor needed to seize ground - and hold it while a fledgling democracy tries to take root...
...Number of U.S. employers that administer "integrity" tests to root out dishonest job applicants
DIED. ROBERT GRIMM, 54, vegetable king who helped popularize baby carrots; of a heart attack; in Bakersfield, Calif. Grimmway Farms marketed the 2-in. carrot--a full-size root that has been peeled and polished--as a healthy, easy snack. Carrot sales soared 33% in the 1990s, fueling Grimmway's growth into a $350 million company...