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Simpson-Mazzoli attempts to please a variety of special interest groups. Its four major provisions consist of the stiff sanctions against employers wo hire undocumented workers, a temporary guest worker program and a general increase in funding and staff for this country's immigration agencies--the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). An amnesty plan--which would give residency to illegal immigrants under certain conditions--is perhaps the most naive assumption the bill makes...
...location for the telescope has not yet been selected because of the stiff requirements--telescopes demand an area that is high, dry and flat. Possible sites include Mauna Kea in Hawaii, Mt. Graham in Arizona, and Mt. Jelm in Wyoming...
...things get out of hand. Goodbye, little girl, get outta here." (The sly title of her book is a modest exaction of vengeance against such abuse from the wooden-headed dummy.) She said her lines perfectly, and she thought her father was pleased. But Bergen was a stiff, inarticulate man who found it nearly impossible to express affection physically or verbally. And Charlie, who made jokes about not wanting her around, was not really a mocking older brother, he was part of her father. It was difficult for her to know whether what she had done was good enough...
Acid rain has become a major point of contention between the U.S. and Canada. In February, the Canadian government sent a stiff letter of protest to Washington, accusing the U.S. of ignoring "principles contained in bilateral treaties directed at protecting the North American environment." The Reagan Administration insists that the huge outlays necessary to reduce sulfur-dioxide emissions significantly in the U.S. cannot be justified without further study. The U.S. last year spent $28.8 million on acid-rain research, and, if Congress approves, that will rise to $55.5 million this year. By contrast, Budget Director David Stockman puts the cost...
...selling bogus degrees to people seeking to boost their egos, or more likely their job prospects, is growing. The FBI estimates that there are at least 100 diploma mills in the U.S. selling 10,000 to 15,000 phony sheepskins a year. No cracking of books or taking of stiff exams is required. In fact, most of these counterfeit colleges demand little more than a fee for a degree (usually a few hundred dollars for a B.A. and up to $5,000 for a Ph.D.). They advertise their wares in the classified-ad sections of magazines with alluring lines like...