WORLD
United States
welcomes residents
Do you know
these faces?
I Japan's Emperor Hirohito. who is
S6 years old, is the world's longest
reigning monarch He has been rul
mg Japan since IM2b
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2 Jennifer Graham. the 15-year-old
tn»m Victorville, California. pro
tested her school's rule that she
must dissect a ln»g School offi
cials decided she can stay in the
class, hut her grades will show she
didn't complete all the1 work
» Bozo the Clown. or I arry Harman,
will he- holding auditions this sum
liter tor a new Bozo
4 John Griesemer. chairman of the
Postal Board o f Governors, who
gave the I S Postal Service per
mission to raise the price of a first
class stamp to 25 cents next year
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Actress Michelle Phillips
demonstrated against I azer lag
ami other war tovs
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AT issue
K e vin R lb ary, 1 2
N o rth B end, W A
Yes, I am I always ride my
bicycle, and at school we do
exercises in PI Plus. I have
weights at home and spend
about halt an hour every night
lifting weights I want to build
up my muscles so I can do bet
ter freesty le tricks on my bike
I ride about three hours every
day, except when it rams I
don't really like any other
sports I just ride my bike I
don’t want to get fat My dad
wants me to walk and ride my
bike so I stay slim My parents
make sure I eat gixxl tixxJs
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The next time you go looking lor a («‘E*.
you may need your birth certificate
tun
to prove your age but to pnive you are a
I S citizen
Because »»I new rules created by the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of
l‘>Sb, all I S workers must prove their
citizenship to their employers They can
»Io this with a birth certificate, I S pass
port or other citizenship papers
Immigrants are people from a foreign
country who have come to live and work
in tlx* t inted States The new rules are
trying to stop people from coming to the
I inted States illegally Kiev also will help
the immigrants who are already here to
become citizens
Illegal immigrants, sometimes called
illegals, who can prove they have lived
ami worked in the I lilted States since
belore January I, IlW2. have been offered
amnesty I hat means the I 5 government
will ignore the tact that they lived ami
worked in this country illegally and allow
them to become legal resxlents It they »1»»
not come lorwanl. they will not be able to
find a new job anywhere* in the I inted
States Companies who hue illegal aliens
will have Io pay heavy tines
up to
$2.(M>0
tor every illegal they hue
Iw odays attei the rules went into
effect, more than f»O,t MIO amnesty applica
tions went out Gvei 550 people applied
tor residency on the first »lay
Candelaria Lopez of Los Angeles, CA.
shows her new identity card
Some illegal immigrants welcome the
chance to become I S citizens, but many
aie worried 1 hey may not be able to prove
they have lived here lor six years Because
they have been in hiding, they avoided tax
lorms, tent receipts ami pay slips which
would prove they had liveil in the I iuteil
States \u w it mav lx* difficult lor them to
come up with proof ot then years spent
hen*
I h e l s Census Bureau estimates
between three ami live million illegal
aliens live in the I lilted States I lie new
law should help about halt of them
become legal residents
Do you think you are in good shape?
C ourtney Show , 1 1
K e n ilw o rth , IL
I think fitness is important
because you have to get in
shape You lix»k better and you
can tit mt»» gtxxJ clothes Sou
also 1»x>k belter in bathing suits
I play a lot ol tennis ami iloa lot
ot sports so I think I’m in decent
shape I also run I don’t like to
m il, but I do it to stay healthy I
think my parents are in gixxl
slia|X* because they play a lot ol
sports, too. Exereise is more1
important than diet to me It you
go on a diet, there's no point m
it unless you exereise, t»x> You
need to do both
Erin O liv e r, 9
P o rtla n d , OR
Yes. I think I am in gixxl
shape I here are* some kids
who are in Ixlter sha|X* than
me 1 take swimming lessons
but during the winter I get out
ol shape because I can t go out
sule ami play Playing some
games keeps you in sha|x*. like
lag ami kickhall It leels gixxl
to be in shajx* because when
you are not. you can pull inns
cles Mv patents want me to lx-
in shape That's why I'm in
swimming My parents are in
gixxl shape
my mom swims
and my dad mils and hikes
Paul A lb rig h t Jr., 1 4
M a r tin e z , CA
ieah. l in in gixxl shape
because I play a lot ot sports,
like baseball, basketball and
fix»thall W hen I work out, I
usually jog between two ami
three miles I think it’s impor
tant to be in shajx* because I
teel better ami a» t better tow aid
friends And my friends are in
shajx* loi the same reasons l in
not as conscious ol eating gixxl
hxxls as I am ot working out
My parents are somewhat in
gtxxl shape, but I »lou t know it
tliev re in shape* toi then age I
spend hours working out
MAY 20 JUNE 3
D an n y Hassard, 1 2
N o rth Bond, WA
Yes I want to stay in gixxl
shape because you are healtluei
ami live longer I stay in sh.i|x*
by Ireestvle hike ruling, lilting
weights ami togging three
miles every »lay When I exei
cise, I take it seriously ami
want to have a gixxl workout I
play football every yeai I used
to play baseball ami sixeer I
rule my bike tor more* than an
hour every day I get a lot ol
bruises try mg the tricks and gel
frustrated, but I keep trying
fitness is important to my par
ents.ttx» I hev are tit
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