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More money and manpower would go to the hard-pressed INS, and the Federal Government could take other steps to tighten the net against the flood of illegal aliens. The U.S. could follow the example of other democracies and scrutinize aliens more closely at ports of entry. At the same time, border patrols must be increased to head off the far greater number of immigrants who enter the U.S. without ever being seen. The Social Security Administration could check on an immigrant's status before it issued him a card. As in Britain and France, local police might...
...research employing other fuels, like thorium, which is not used in weapons. Carter will block the federal funds needed to complete a privately owned plant in Barnwell, S.C., designed to reprocess used uranium fuel into plutonium. He will also call for a "joint effort" with other nations to tighten controls over plutonium...
...concentrations could be kept small by making enrollment and degree requirements stiffer, Behrman said. Some elite concentrations already have made efforts to tighten up their requirements, he added...
...believes that both he and Lily are possessed. "We are soul mates. I mean the characters we do literally take possession of us. You're O.K. as long as you keep an eye on what's happening, as long as you don't get scared and tighten up. Because then you lose control over yourself and the character takes over completely. I've never seen it happen to any other entertainers but Lily and me. You can see the physical change take place when she's working. It is eerie...
Europe's workers this winter are in their angriest, most aggressive mood since the contentious 1930s. After three postwar decades during which they became cozily accustomed to rising wages and proliferating fringe benefits, the unions are now being asked to tighten their belts to hold down inflation. All over Western Europe, workers are striking, protesting and grabbing authority away from management...