Word: terme
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Durenberger, who recently finished up a two-year term as chariman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, drew the attention of the Ethics Committee for disclosing that the United States spied on Israel. The covert operation against Israel's intelligence service violated an agreement prohibiting certain types of espionage by both sides. While Durenberger does not argue that America's violation justified Israel's decision to run Pollard undercover in Washington, the senator does say that it should dampen this nation's outrage at its ally's offense...
Economists generally believe the mortgage shudders are unlikely to become a long-term trend. Contends Lyle Gramley, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association of America: "There is no reason for interest rates to continue going up. That would slow the economy so much that the run-up wouldn't be sustained." But the abrupt halt to the flow of ever cheaper mortgage money might handicap an otherwise healthy homebuilding industry. Last week the Commerce Department reported that housing starts during March fell to an annual rate of 1.77 million, a 3.2% drop from the previous month...
...weighs any previous record and comes out with a prescription for the sentence. For example, a bank robber starts by getting 19 penalty points, gets 1 added for taking $15,000 and 9 more for shooting someone and causing serious injury. If the robber served a 14-month prison term five years earlier, the total of 29 points would direct the judge to set a new sentence -- whir, click -- between 97 and 121 months...
...impact of the changes on federal prisons, already at 153% of capacity. The guidelines permit probation in fewer circumstances, mostly for the first-time offender who has committed a nonviolent crime. They also abolish the parole system for federal prisoners, as Congress has mandated, so that a five-year term will mean just that, minus no more than 54 days a year for good behavior. The commission estimates its tougher penalties will cause the federal prison population to grow by an extra 10% over the next decade. That could have an unimaginable effect on a federal prison like...
...conclusion, we should consider what Boyd's cartoon does to the term "racism." It only dilutes further a word that has already lost most of its meaning. By calling all conservatives racist, he robs the charge of its impact when it is leveled against people who really are racist. Political cartoons should elucidate an issue, not cloud it. Boyd's "Eye Vision" seems to be quite near-sighted. Kris W. Kobach '88 President, Harvard Republican Club