Word: bans
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...crowd, it was all just good fun. But for conservationists and others interested in keeping the river pristine, the Invasion is a nightmare. Many had thought a bill passed by the Missouri legislature in April would ban ATVs in the river; the new law requires riders to have a landowner's permission to ride the river. The catch is that much of the Black River is still unposted, and the law has failed to halt the nightmare. "These things destroy the ecology of the river," says Larry Koeler, a Centerville lawyer, of the ATVs. "Some drivers drain their crankcases...
Adam Hochschild '63, a co-founder of Mother Jones magazine, began his activist career in Harvard's Tocsin organization, which pushed for an atmospheric test ban treaty and organized the first national march on Washington against nuclear weapons. Hochschild later worked for civil rights in 1964, campaigned for McGovern in 1972 and demonstrated against the Vietnam...
Both sides of the legalization debate cite the example of alcohol, without really understanding it. Pro-legalizers say other drugs are no worse than alcohol and it's hypocritical for society to spend millions trying to ban the use of "drugs" while other millions are spent promoting the use of Scotch. Anti-legalizers say, hypocrisy or not, we're stuck with the social costs of alcohol but that doesn't mean we need to add other drugs to the vicious stew...
Jackson's own uncertainty over what Jesse now wants is a reflection of deep rifts within his entourage. The hard-liners -- mostly black elected officials and veterans of the 1984 campaign -- are urging Jackson to criticize Dukakis harshly and fight for a ban on unelected super-delegates at future conventions. Some ideologues, led by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, even argue that Jackson should insist on the vice presidency as his due. Such a potentially divisive strategy, coupled with unrealistic demands, seems absurd to Jackson's more pragmatic supporters, many of whom are white liberals new to the cause...
...challenge to all who care about the health of smokers," says Ovide Pomerleau, professor of behavioral medicine at the University of Michigan. "This socially approved habit is going to go the way of the spittoon." Among Koop's recommendations: warning labels about addiction on packages of tobacco products, a ban on cigarette vending machines in order to curb availability to children and tighter regulation of tobacco sales through licensing. Democratic Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey has already introduced legislation in Congress that would require tobacco companies to print an additional caveat on their products: "Smoking is addictive. Once...