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...only has he proposed dividing the Immigration and Naturalization Service into separate enforcement and naturalization divisions to help to eliminate the negative connotations of the agency, but he also supports speedier naturalization and issuing more employment visas...
...University Counsel Diane Lopez said Harvard has dropped its original demand for $75,000 in damages in an attempt to receive a speedier resolution...
SPECIAL DELIVERY Up to 40% of pregnant women harbor a nasty type of strep, which if transmitted to a newborn during childbirth can cause pneumonia, blood poisoning and even meningitis. Screening for the bacteria used to take days. Now doctors have come up with a speedier test, called a rapid PCR. It can determine on the day of delivery--in less than an hour--whether strep is present. If so, the bug can be wiped out with intravenous antibiotics a few hours before the baby is born...
...speedier train between Harvard and Yale might, in fact, accomplish a lot more than decrease travel time; it might stir up our school spirit as well. With faster getaway rates and quicker escapes, the Acela train might just introduce a new era of competition and rivalry between the two schools. Forget channeling our energy into just the Harvard-Yale football game, we'll be out there for the fencing rounds, crew races, ballroom dancing competitions and squash matches as well...
...image of black lungs can?t quell your urge to smoke, perhaps the chance to nab a speedier ticket to heaven will do the trick. On Friday, the Vatican released an updated manual on indulgences, with several additions to the acts of faith that lessen a Catholic?s time spent in purgatory ?- the heavenly holding pen outside the pearly gates. The pope announced the church will now give "partial" indulgences to parishioners who quit smoking, even for a day. (A full indulgence is achieved when the self-restraint is accompanied by confession and communion.) The money that would have been...