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The USAT off-lead follows up on their cover story from earlier in the week; clearly, they think it's something Americans care about deeply: Airlines, emboldened by new FAA guidelines, are cracking down on carry-on luggage.
In "Cracking the Women's Movement Protection Game" in 1978, a staff writer was honest enough to acknowledge the journalistic--and political--pitfalls of such boosterism.
Employers have been cracking down on illegal workers to deliver a blow to the unions that have been recruiting and organizing these workers, according to the LAT . An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission policy released in October protects all workers, including those without papers, but a) employers do not have to rehire illegal workers, even if they were fired wrongly and b) the workers themselves are afraid to unionize, for fear of being fired or deported.
He says they shouldn't make jokes because the next day, when a man will actually die, they might remember the joke and not be able to stop from cracking up.
Another reports that fraternities and sororities are cracking down on drinking, and promoting studying: The National Panhellenic Conference has declared 1997--this is not a joke--"The Year of the Scholar."