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...legal and who’s not. The notion was false. Under Spitzer’s policy, the copies of documents people submit for special licenses would have been destroyed post-verification. Even if a DMV employee were to accuse an immigrant of illegal residency or tip off police, the employee would become vulnerable to profiling charges. After all, undocumented workers wouldn’t be the only New Yorkers getting cheaper, lower-tier licenses; most Empire State residents have no need for the U.S.-Canada pass and the others don’t need the REAL ID license until...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: So Much for Driving Forward | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...champagne of teas." But you don't need to taste them to know how much they are valued. At Happy Valley tea estate, perched at 6,800 ft. (2,100 m) where the Himalayas snake into India between Nepal and Bhutan, workers harvest the autumn flush, plucking each tip of dwi paat suiro--two leaves and a bud--as if it were worth its weight in gold. As the sun sets on the looming Mount Kanchenjunga and a lazy mist begins to settle, pickers carefully empty their bamboo baskets and take in their loads to be weighed. One man swiftly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Brews a Stronger Cup | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...Tip”: Hip-hop speak for “in the context of.” “On a dinosaur tip...” = “in the context of dinosaurs...

Author: By Daniel J. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DJ Lingo for the Layman | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

Best of all, we might start to take defeat with a smile and a tip of the cap, humbled but unbowed, without a hail of “Bronx cheers” or chants of “safety school.” For a school supposedly comprised of the world’s greatest, we could all stand to show some class...

Author: By Max J Kornblith | Title: No Place for Losers? | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

Authorities suspect that pirates contribute to a common fund to reward tip-offs. Even counterfeiters who are caught often escape punishment: a 1987 law stipulates prison terms of up to five years for copyright infringement, but courts have yet to send an offender to jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Digital Underground | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

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