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...question is whether the employer sanctions would do much more than spur a great expansion of trade in false documents. Already, phony driver's licenses sell in Los Angeles barrios for $40 to $50 each. "Green cards," attesting that the bearer is an alien legally permitted to work in the U.S., are forged in such quantities that they can be bought for only $12 apiece. Anyone who can get a false birth certificate and one other document, like a driver's license, can usually get a Social Security card with little trouble. In sum, critics contend, Simpson-Mazzoli...
...runners are frequently besieged by people seeking autographs or taking pictures, eager to touch the torch or even its bearer. Roberta Ciccarelli, 38, a schoolteacher in Blairsville, Ga., raised $2,150 by knocking on doors in her town of 530, and her husband put up the rest. When she trotted through Blairsville, 1,000 people lined the route, cheering her on. "I kept hearing people yelling my name, 'Go, Robbie!' and 'Come on, Mrs. Ciccarelli!' I don't remember breathing. My lungs didn't hurt, my legs didn't hurt. It was like...
...BASTARD," says Stratis Haviaras with barely the hint of a Greek accent, adding. "The bearer of many winds. I carry the whiffs and flavors of different times and different places: I feel them rise within my blood and sometimes they are very...
Very gently, Prof. Khalidi rejected Saunders' suggestion for U.S. mediation between the Israelis and the Palestinians. "We and the Israelis are the historical protagonists of the conflict We are the direct bearer of the Palestinian problem Reconciliation between us should be our business only, and not the business of a third party, be his intentions as good as could be. No third parts could bring about the beginning of a reconciliation process...
...their choice of flag bearer, perhaps even the athletes were expressing some disdain for the hypocrisies of amateurism. "We ain't pure," U.S. Olympic Committee President William Simon stated plainly before the Games began, calling for "a uniform definition of amateurism" or "being honest about it and having open Games." Citing the track-and-field trust-fund accounts as an example of "pure sham," Simon spoke of athletes "taught how to cheat" and shook his head...