Word: citizenship
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Whatever the reason, Cubans are now taking out U.S. citizenship at the rate of 1,000 a month. They are also registering to vote at the rate of 800 a month; at present about 100,000 of the 351,000 eligible latino voters are actually registered. As a result of this increasing political involvement, two latino city commissioners were elected in Hialeah last year, and a hefty slate of Hispanic candidates is being prepared for state elections. Says Florida state Democratic Chairman Alfredo Buran: "We've been viewed as outsiders with no interest in government. This is going...
MOSCOW--The Supreme Soviet yesterday stripped a noted Russian author of his Soviet citizenship, charging him with "behavior damaging to Soviet Prestige...
...farm in southern France, his base is a four-bedroom East Side Manhattan apartment that he shares with blonde Model Jeanette Christiansen. Another of Casablancas' stars is red-haired Yasmine Sokal, 23, a toplofty (5 ft. 11 in.) top model who was born in Munich but has French citizenship. Conveniently, Yasmine-who was the face on Bloomingdale's shopping bag last year-shares an opulent apartment overlooking Central Park with Marco Glaviano, 35, a Sicilian-born fashion photographer who also intends to settle in the U.S. "Here I feel all this creative energy," says Glaviano. "Everyone...
...weekend. They have stood and cheered as Ronald Reagan declared that Americans should "never again" go to war "unless we intend to win." Magicians and stand-up comics have sought to amuse. A press release has been circulated announcing that California Governor Jerry Brown will get the "Benedict Arnold Citizenship Award" for appointing ex-antiwar Activist Tom Hayden to the state's new solar energy panel. And now Tony Bennett is closing the show with a sad, silky version of Autumn Leaves. Off to the side, watching them, one begins to sense in some measure what they have endured...
Though Strauss promptly hailed Bethlehem's action as a "major breakthrough" and an example of "good corporate citizenship," its effect on inflation is likely to be largely symbolic. For one thing, the projected 3% increase comes on top of an April increase of 1.1% to offset the cost of the coal-strike settlement, and an earlier, 5.5% rise in February. Even if the company abides by its pledge, its 1978 price increases will still total more than the industry's 8.5% average in both 1976 and 1977. Meanwhile, the nation's three other largest steelmakers...