Word: visas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...foreign national is out of status if, for example, she leaves school for a term and returns to finish the rest of her years at the College, finding that her temporary student visa has expired...
...individual out of status for six months would be banished from the country for three years, and a visa expired for more than a year would net a 10-year banishment...
...fight the threat--more than $400 million in federal counterterror programs alone. State and local efforts are becoming more serious too; the New York City drill is an example. But experts insist the country is essentially insecure. The borders are porous, the government cannot keep track of routine visa violators, and the population is forever on the move. The U.S. is a sea into which evildoers can dive and remain submerged. Terrorists, like anyone else, have little difficulty obtaining guns or the simple makings for oil-barrel truck bombs. Now the new terror could be an even more lethal destroyer...
When we've amassed enough frequent flyer miles to get somewhere really exciting--this year we're going to Miami Beach--we go. And to make sure we're squeezing all the frequent flyer miles we can out of our lives, we all have United Airlines Visa cards. When my parents call me at school and then pay for the phone bill with their frequent-flyer card, we're all that much closer to a vacation...
...bolster its new brand, this week Harrah's introduced its own Visa card that funnels points, as a percent of purchases, directly into a member's Total Gold account. By using the cards, of course, you are providing the casino with a detailed record of your gambling and purchasing preferences, thereby enabling it to solicit you in ever more sophisticated ways...