Word: tougher
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...Texas' demographics and history. Democratic Gov. Ann Richards and her Republican successor Gov. George W. Bush each spoke softly on the issue of illegal immigration, supporting access to the state's public schools for the children of illegals working in Texas. But just as the President is now talking tougher about securing the border, calls for more federal surveillance and manpower assistance from border residents, including Hispanic officeholders, are growing...
...parties take his government's measure. But the grace period may well be brief. Harper will probably have little trouble winning passage of his clean-government accountability act, the first of five major campaign pledges--the others being a cut in the gst, guarantees on health-care waiting times, tougher measures on crime, and direct cash payments to families for child care. But in the back of his mind, no doubt, is the fact that minority Parliaments in Canada rarely last more than two years...
...Peace. The obligations of governing "may force Hamas to come to grips with reality and abandon this dream world they are in, that Israel is somehow going to be eliminated and disappear from the face of the earth." If Hamas can make that leap, Israel will find Hamas a tougher but more credible negotiating partner than Arafat ever...
...into the U.S. The heightened border security has not, however, stopped undocumented Mexicans from getting in. The Pew Hispanic Center found that even though immigration is down since its peak in 2000, about 485,000 undocumented Mexicans were still crossing each year from 2000 to '04. In fact, the tougher restrictions have been a boon for the smugglers who sneak human traffic across the border. When Mario Coria's half-brother Fernando went to the U.S. in 1985, the trip from Tuxpan cost $200. Now the same trip costs more than...
...cleansing and rebuilding of the corrupt and weakened Palestinian institutions. But when the two sides inevitably meet over a bargaining table-and history's lesson is that when national conflicts are solved in negotiations, those deemed terrorists eventually end up at that table-Israel will find Hamas a far tougher, but also far more credible interlocutor than Arafat ever was. Just as the hard-liner Sharon was widely held to be the best Israeli leader to uproot settlements-not unlike Nixon going to China-so may Hamas well turn out to be the best bet for enforcing a truce...