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...program, stricter border controls, and a path to citizenship for workers who have been successful in the United States. “If we don’t figure out how to integrate immigrants into our society, not just in terms of legalization, then the country is going to suffer,” Cisneros said. A member of Clinton administration, Cisneros conceded that there were potential flaws with his plan, as it left little incentive for Latin American workers to stay in their home countries. He underlined the need for harsher sanctions for businesses employing illegal immigrants. Cisneros concluded...
...Epic Collapse" [April 16], I felt like hiding in my closet until Election Day. In the meantime, I don't know how much more the thinking people of this country will be able to stomach. I am in my advanced years, and I have never seen our country suffer such an outrage as this Administration. I am not calling for impeaching President George W. Bush, since removing him from office would simply bring forth someone far more reckless...
...minimized. Parental or spousal indifference or dismissal - or at least the belief that it exists - can have a similar effect. If the world outside the home seems to be conspiring in the mistreatment, the sense of invalidation grows worse still. It may be true that none of us suffer a lost job, a busted romance or a failed exam easily, but to someone already highly sensitized to such setbacks, they can be intolerable. "These are people who are already angry," says Samenow, "and when things don't go the way they want them to, they personalize it. They take...
...horrific, but so was the relish with which the victims were killed. Doctors in the hospital where the survivors were treated described their injuries as "brutal," with each of the victims sustaining at least three bullet wounds. Of course, plenty of people fail tests and end romances and even suffer unspeakable abuse as children. And while there are a lot of narcissists in the world, many of whom crash and burn in their personal and professional lives, only an infinitesimal fraction of even the most unstable people lash out in remotely as violent a way as mass killers...
...occur at Take Back the Night will involve citing statistics about the prevalence of rape. For instance, younger women are victims of sexual violence at higher rates than older women. Supposedly only one in five rapes is reported to police. And a favorite statistic: 80 percent of rape victims suffer at the hands of someone they know...