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...numerous advantages to my proposal. To begin with, Harvard students will have helped to feed 6,400 hungry bellies. What better way to make the best of Crimson Cash, Harvard's inane response to Visa and American Express...
...bill, which awaits consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee, would slash the annual employment-visa quota from 140,000 workers to 90,000 within a year of its passage. Some companies that hire immigrants would have to pay a fee of $10,000-or 10% of each worker's salary, whichever is higher--for worker training. Simpson also wants to require some new arrivals to be proficient in business English, and would limit the stay of foreigners transferred to the U.S. from a company's overseas branches to three years--vs. a five-to-seven-year limit today. To increase...
...Israel. Under the Simpson bill, Or-Bach argues, he would have been unable to hire enough skilled workers to start up his thriving firm. In fact, there would have been no one to dream up the company, since Or-Bach came to the U.S. in 1981 on a visa to work for Honeywell. "If this happened 10 years ago, this company would not be here," Or-Bach says. "That would be very shameful." Simpson, however, intends to push ahead for a vote later this year...
Crimson Cash enables students, in effect, to charge snacks to their parents. After the initial $75 is spent-I'm ashamed to say I'm already down to $52.97-you can charge added credit to your parents' Visa. This is a major draw...
...traveling through the southern town of Suixi. U.S. officials insist the two diplomats were traveling with the permission of the Chinese government. So why the expulsion? Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz reports that the Chinese may simply be retaliating for the Clinton Administration's decision to grant a transit visa to Taiwanese Vice President Li Yuan-zu: "Such moves pique China, because in Beijing's view it is tantamount to giving official recognition to Taiwan, which Beijing considers a mere renegade province. Indeed, China protested Washington's move, but analysts here note that Beijing's reaction was in fact quite...