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Even the dropouts who do land factory jobs can find work tougher than they thought. A relative helped Christine Harden, 18, find work in a local car-parts factory four months after she dropped out of Shelbyville High. But she has to get up at 4:30 a.m. to make the first shift every day, and she says her back is killing her. "All my friends who are thinking about dropping out, I tell them, 'Don't do it,'" she says. "This is real life out here. It's not easy...
...timeout. Lees-McRae later took five consecutive points on senior Kevin Peoples’ aggressive serve, coasting to an easy 30-19 game one victory. “We had trouble passing [Peoples],” McKiernan said. “But we also need to serve a little tougher.” Harvard played much better in the second frame, establishing its block against the Bobcats’ powerful attack. Though Lees-McRae jumped ahead by a 9-4 margin—driven again by Peoples’ strong serving—the Crimson clawed back and tied...
...rest of the afternoon. The team’s freshmen accounted for half of the Crimson hits—both Hayley Bock and Jade Reichling went 1-for-3. Juniors Lauren Brown and Julia Kidder both went 1-for-2.“We’re getting tougher on defense,” Allard said, “but we just need to string hits together.”The Crimson will continue its Ivy season today in New York against Columbia. Harvard will play a doubleheader to make up the games that were rained out on Saturday. Despite...
There is only one thing on which allsides of this debate agree: America needs to get tougher about controlling its borders. If there is any easy part to writing an immigration law, this is it. Every proposal before Congress calls for more border-patrol agents, more jail cells and detention centers for captured illegal immigrants, and new technology to enable employers to screen employees to ensure that they are lawfully in the country...
...immigrants working other jobs. Where Bush will come down is unknown. The President has supported a guest-worker plan but has not fully embraced the idea of making illegal immigrants citizens. "We're not exactly there together, but we've spoken about it," Kennedy says. Will negotiations be made tougher because their last major collaboration--No Child Left Behind--has proved a major disappointment to Kennedy? For this bill, Kennedy delivered Democratic votes in exchange for a promise of funding for education that he feels was not delivered. Kennedy aides say history won't get in the way of this...