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...international issue. With rare speed, the Immigration and Naturalization Service approved young Walter's petition for "political asylum," a claim made possible by a recent change in the immigration laws that allows "a person," no age specified, to seek such refuge; before, a parent or guardian had to sign a request for asylum by a minor...
...turned in a 10 on the horizontal bar. Then Zoltan Magyar of Hungary, a gold medalist at Montreal, received a 10 on the pommel horse. Finally, a Bulgarian, Stoyan Deltchev, 21, scored the fourth 10 of the day, on the rings. Male gymnasts took the high marks as a sign that their sport was at last approaching the kind of perfection known in women's gymnastics...
...ultimate survival of the Sandinista regime depends on its ability to avoid a political rift between the leftists and the private sector. One potential crisis flared up last April following the abrupt resignations of two moderate junta members. Their departure was widely seen as a sign of an imminent leftward shift in the national leadership. But the government restored confidence by appointing two moderate replacements...
...company's other new ventures are already thriving. The executive relocation operation, which was acquired in 1977, has 30% of that lucrative market. An insurance franchise business, in which it owns a minority interest, hopes to sign up 2,000 independent agencies...
...Medical Association often seemed like a stuffy gentlemen's club: jealous of member privileges, adamantly opposed to change. It resisted Medicare, the federal medical program for the elderly, and still balks at government-run national health insurance. But lately the old club is becoming more relaxed. The latest sign of change came at the organization's annual meeting in Chicago last week. By an overwhelming margin, the A.M.A.'s 279-member legislative body, the house of delegates, approved sweeping revisions in the code of ethics that tells doctors how to conduct their practices...