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...Mississippi officials to those who fought to keep 6-year-old Elián Gonzalez in the U.S. nine years ago because they argued his life would be better here than in impoverished Cuba with his father. "They're ignoring basic U.S. and international law," says Piña. "Unless there's some real threat to the child's life back in the home country, most judges know it's in the child's best interest to be with his parents." In the end, she notes, Rubí is a U.S. citizen who could return to this country...
...That is, it motivated people to buy who had not been planning to do so, which means there shouldn't be a bad sales payback. Having said that, there will be a natural decline in new-vehicle sales for the rest of the year when compared to August levels unless we see a new stimulus or record manufacturer incentives. Without those stimulants, we'll go back to the preclunker levels of about 10 to 11 million annual vehicle sales...
...again? It will be wait and see for at least the next couple of weeks. If the auto-sales rate drops below expectations, there is always a chance Congress may come up with a similar or totally new stimulus idea, but that won't likely happen unless we experience another period of sustained sub-10 million level [in annual car sales], which I hope never happens again...
...entire campaign for Kennedy to communicate with Americans in an unmediated way. It was also the last, best chance to make the case for a change in national policies and direction. Kennedy and Carter had deep and principled differences on issues like national health insurance. Kennedy was convinced that unless the party stood for its defining values - and unless Carter at least gave a sense that the next four years could be different - Democrats would be doomed in the fall. We negotiated hard for a speaking slot; Carter's forces were fearful of letting Kennedy anywhere near the podium before...
Nonetheless, the new system differs markedly from the old federal policy of not involving the government in abortion services unless issues of rape, incest or the life of the mother are at play. "It does represent a policy shift in favor of the abortion-rights community that it would not have received under George W. Bush's Administration," says Glen Halva-Neubauer, a political scientist at Furman University who has studied the politics of abortion...