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...buying frenzy suggests that people see the Brady Bill and the semiautomatic ban as being tougher than they actually are. California's laws are far more stringent, requiring a 15-day waiting period, but they could not prevent Ferguson from buying his gun perfectly legally. Many people sense, however, that the legislative momentum will grow. "People fear, 'Will they be coming to my home to get the guns?' " says Houston gun-store owner Judy Chmiel. "They're afraid that if they ban some rifles now, the government will come banging on their door at night." Many of her customers...
Joseph S. Evangelista '96, vice chair of theUndergraduate Council student affairs committee,said teaching fellows should be required to studyat the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, meetmore stringent language proficiency requirements,and he said "the departments have to conductevaluations...
...full year, though, Clinton has passed a serious five-year deficit reduction package, a family and medical leave bill, the motor-voter bill, the Brady bill, a comprehensive crime prevention package, and a national service initiative. Furthermore, he overturned the gag rule at abortion clinics, enacted the most stringent ethics requirements ever on executive branch officials, introduced a plan for reinventing government which has received broad support, and successfully appointed a widely respected and able jurist to the Supreme Court...
...Cincinnati or Florida State, for example, can go after the best high-school football players and can offer them football scholarships, not to mention a less stringent academic requirement...
...five, Johnston, chose instead to accept the offer of a Rhodes scholarship, which does not have as stringent grade requirements...