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Bush’s proposal is certainly well-timed. In 1996 American economic prospects were on the upswing, welfare and food stamp rolls were diminishing and a tight labor market provided jobs for America’s legal immigrants. In 2002, however, prospects are much bleaker. Unemployment is rising, and those who immigrated here less than 10 years ago find themselves without a safety net. These are hard times, and welfare rules adopted in an era of bright economic prospects when America’s economy could accommodate an expanding workforce have become even more heartless...
...ways to use Picus' wood manufacturing know-how. Droog came up with a series of multipurpose cabinets and boxes, all of which fit within one another and can be arranged in multiple configurations. The containers paid homage to their smoky origin but went on fantastic flights of fancy as stamp boxes, keepsake boxes and, of course, an elaborately reinvented cigar...
...Three days before ASHOK KUMAR died, he had consented to commemorate a postage stamp for the late Raj Kapoor, great showman of Indian movies. It was going to be a glitzy Bombay function and illness was not going to deter the 90-year-old actor from celebrating a colleague's life. But a cardiac arrest did. And thus ended the six-decade career of a film laboratory assistant who became one of Bollywood's most celebrated heroes. My fondest memory of Kumar is from 1958 when he acted in one of my father's films, Mr. X, playing...
...ways to use Picus' wood manufacturing know-how. Droog came up with a series of multipurpose cabinets and boxes, all of which fit within one another and can be arranged in multiple configurations. The containers paid homage to their smoky origin but went on fantastic flights of fancy as stamp boxes, keepsake boxes and, of course, an elaborately reinvented cigar...
...Minors who engage in prostitution can be taken into police custody. (They're difficult to nab, though, with hoods and catch guys constantly looking out on their behalf. "From time to time we try to stamp out the shops, but they're like cockroaches," says Shioya, the undercover cop. "Kill one, there are 50 more.") Instead of being arrested, minors are brought to one of eight police-run youth centers in Tokyo, whose staff evaluate them and decide on a course of action. The center in Shinjuku detained about 500 youths last year for questioning. Among boys, the range...