Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Amnesty is, however, long off the agenda. By wisely recognizing that those who have been the country since 1982 have a stake in the country and that only legalization can prevent employers from exploiting immigrant labor, Congressional compromise ended debate on the amnesty issue. Is the INS unsatisfied, or does it wish to exploit nativist fears in order to expand its powers? Whatever its intent, the Immigration and Naturalization Service could do us all a service by easing off and not going out of its way to create confusion and to instill fear into the lives of countless individuals...
...Marine glumly made his way to a seat before the People's Tribunal. For the next 80 minutes, Tribunal President Reynaldo Monterrey read the list of charges: terrorism, violation of public security, conspiracy to commit illicit acts. As Monterrey droned on, it became clear that more was at stake than the fate of Hasenfus, who was captured ferrying weapons to U.S.-backed contra rebels after Sandinista troops shot down an American ! Fairchild C-123K cargo plane over Nicaragua three weeks ago. The prosecution would attempt to try the U.S. Government itself for "Yanqui interventions" dating from the 1850s. Complained former...
Under another option discussed by the Council,cases that require developed expertise--likeplagiarism--would be sent to the Ad Board, whileothers would be handled by the new disciplinarybody. Yet another option advocated sending to thenew committee all cases in which the safety orwelfare of the community might be at stake,Marquand said...
...arms control more difficult to achieve. He is escalating the arms race, as the Soviets build more weapons to block SDI. The Soviets will not consent to limitations on their strategic missiles without receiving something in return. I'm appalled that the Administration did not understand what was at stake. It is sheer nonsense for the President to be talking about Star Wars. In the talks, he should be concentrating on ICBMs, which are an absolute with regard to arms control." But Ball agrees that the elimination of nuclear arms cannot be achieved overnight, and would in any case alarm...
...course, less was at stake for Boggs. He could afford to ride the pines with his .357 average, and watch Mattingly try to make up seven points...