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This is part of a xenophobic overreaction that has been sparked by alarmist reports in the press and on TV and by flag-waving, vote-hungry politicians. The foreign buyers, says Marcus Collins, a state representative in Georgia "come in here and pay $1,500, $1,800 or even $2,000 an acre for land that, even with inflation, should not cost more than $800." Iowa Congressman Tom Harkin warns that the oil-producing nations, which sold the U.S. $45 billion worth of petroleum last year, "could buy the whole state of Iowa, every acre of farm producing land, with...
...expert on budgets and unemployment patterns, Teeters is a liberal on most issues. Her vote on the Reserve Board could be critical in deciding whether to increase the risk of recession by letting borrowing costs continue to go up. Teeters is one of the few women economists who say that they did not encounter any discrimination in their rise to the top. "In fact," Teeters asserts, "while I was having three children, the Fed even created a part-time job so that I could continue working...
...first, five of the jurors thought that John Rideout was probably guilty. But the more they discussed the evidence, the more confused they became. One of them recalled Judge Richard Barber's instructions about "proving beyond a reasonable doubt there was forcible compulsion." Finally, on the fourth vote, the jury agreed unanimously to acquit. Said Juror Pauline Speerstra: "We didn't know whom to trust. There were so many conflicting stories...
Tosteson formed the ad hoc committee last fall, overriding a faculty vote to withhold changes in the minority admissions process until Hellman's committee completes its study...
...like a medieval star chamber," balked at Desai's plan of suspending her from Parliament until she publicly apologized for the 1975 offense. Snapped Janata Member Kanwar Lal Gupta: "Indira-ji has put 150,000 people in jail. Can't she spend three days there herself?" The vote to condemn...