Word: waits
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Millions of new arrivals to the U.S. -- and some not-so-new ones -- would like nothing better than to become U.S. citizens. But first they have to navigate a jungle of bureaucracy: lost files, long delays and applicants never called back. The wait, which used to average six months, now stretches to as long as three years thanks to a law passed in 1997 that threatened the loss of federal benefits to foreign-born residents, which encouraged them to apply for naturalization in record numbers...
...realize that this is probably poor advice. But this sort of awful, misguided, pop-psychology is all you get when the wait to see a professional is a full week long. Perhaps, someone at University Hall should take note. In the meantime, good luck folks--on exams, papers, theses, navigating the ice and discovering the meaning of life. If things don't work out precisely as planned, remember, transcendental bliss is only a Scorpion Bowl away. Noah D. Oppenheim '00 is a social studies concentrator in Adams House...
...Voyager, a show of which he's been a longtime fan but which rarely cracks the top 75. In a departure from his Seinfeld character, Alexander plays an alien in possession of both charisma and intelligence. The episode will air in the spring, but for those who can't wait to see how Alexander may look, we took some hints from the producers and had our artist render a very liberal interpretation...
...Auto PC ($1,200). It's a dash-mounted computer that's designed to accept simple voice commands, and will do everything from tune the radio or CD player to retrieve and read aloud e-mail or dial your cell phone from a contacts list. Sounds cool, but wait for the kinks to shake out; the person who demonstrated it for me couldn't get it to work properly...
...cultists were well-dressed, clean-cut individuals who easily passed for tourists. But an Israeli security official contends that the Concerned Christians were preparing for a "big provocation" on the Temple Mount aimed at instigating a war between Arabs and Jews that would culminate in Armaggedon. Deciding not to wait for the end of the world, the Israelis raided two houses where 14 cult members lived, taking in three men for investigation of conspiracy to commit a crime and to bomb holy places. Though they asked to go to Greece to join their fellow believers, all 14 Concerned Christians were...