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City Councilor Saundra Graham responded by suggesting that stricter penalties be enacted to prevent Boston cab drivers from picking up fares in Cambridge...
...time, he also knows that anti-drug hysteria is the perfect way to make Americans ignore the rest of his pernicious policies. Ignore the fact that his Administration has seen the poverty rate escalate to its highest level since the late 1960s; the fact that he won't introduce stricter sanctions against South Africa despite opposition from even his most steadfast supporters; the fact that his elevation of Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist garnered more Senate opposition than any other Chief Justice nomination ever...
...says he resigned because the law also requires that senators disclose the financial portfolios of spouses and other family members. A research librarian at the Massachusetts Historical Society notes the irony of the resignation: William's father, Leverett, made a career of stressing "good government" efforts, such as stricter financial disclosure laws...
...authorities would reject their applications for asylum. Since 1949 Bonn has accepted any foreigner "persecuted on political grounds" in his native land. This lenient policy has led more than 37,000 Sri Lankans to pour into the country since 1980. The flood has provoked racial conflicts and calls for stricter immigration laws; new arrivals meet rising hostility. At the same time, rumors spreading through Tamil communities in West Germany depict Canada as an asylum seeker's haven where refugees can find comfortable lives...
Football management and coaches are all for a stricter testing program. "Something has to be done," argues Sam Wyche, head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals. "Let's use a little common sense. People are dying around us." Weistart, the Duke professor who criticizes drug tests for college players, feels that they are appropriate for professionals. "Pro sports is a commercial transaction involving huge amounts of money for both physical performance and public image," says he. "Owners have a right to insist on a fair exchange...