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...hopes of defusing neo-Nazi violence, Germany's parliament voted overwhelmingly to tighten the country's liberal immigration laws, which had allowed about 1,000 foreigners to enter Germany each day. Despite the vote, suspicious fires broke out in several buildings housing refugees. One blaze killed five Turks, including two young girls, and injured...
...officials in the Clinton Administration were briefed on the Time Warner- U S West deal before it was announced, and most observers expect the government to ease restrictions against cross-ownership, not tighten them. "If the law were changed tomorrow," says TCI CEO John Malone,"I believe there would be a wholesale merger of the telephone and cable companies." Some think it has already begun. "The train is leaving the station," says Professor Neuman. "And everybody is scurrying to get on board before it departs...
Parliamentarian Adam J. Hertzman '95 said the bylaws will institutionalize many reforms made this year regarding elections and finance committee procedures. The bylaws would also tighten attendance requirements for council members...
...series of inept owners followed; the latest, Abe Hirschfeld, was so despised that his workers aboused him with headlines like WHO IS THIS NUT? In desperation, New York pols are importuning Washington to let Murdoch buy the Post again. Though staff members cheer, they may still face demands to tighten their belts one more notch...
...Police tighten the net, but a motive is still missing...