Word: citizenship
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Days before, Fujimori had resigned the presidency of Peru by fax. Now the 62-year-old was settling into the homeland of his parents with no plans to leave--but possibly facing corruption charges in Peru. He appears to qualify for citizenship because his parents registered his birth at the Japanese consulate in Lima, and that datum was transferred, somehow, into the family registry in their home village in Japan. Immigration authorities were vague about all this, while diplomats prayed the new Peruvian government would not demand that Japan send Fujimori back to face charges. They don't want...
This election is the perfect example of how a democracy should work: all powers in balance. People will remember it in the years ahead and say, "My vote really did count for something." We all have an investment in this country, and it is called citizenship. TOM STUMO Piqua, Ohio...
...outcome may be best parsed by the reactions of the various players. The smaller eastern European states that have been waiting on the doorstep are thrilled - their European "citizenship" will be granted on an equal footing with current members (Poland, for example, managed to win agreement that it would have the same number of votes as Spain, based on the equivalence in population size), and the summit also indicated that the door will be open to some of them as early as 2003. Among the current member states, some of the smaller nations were happy at holding back the designs...
...kids here," she said, also citing travel security and ease in getting loans as major reasons for citizenship...
...newly-founded MAPS, she says, that helped her with applying for American citizenship and directed her to her first job here, sewing bridal dresses in a Somerville factory...