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...this curfew, Sklar says, "of course you find criminals, but you stop innocent people" - limiting their freedom of movement and in many cases employment possibilities, and penalizing all citizens just because a better strategy to deal with crime hasn't yet been found. Sklar points out that the 10-block, one-mile area covered by Helena's 24-hour curfew was predominantly "poor and black," suggesting that the curfew could be in violation of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. And Sklar says the problem goes beyond Arkansas. In Columbus, Ohio, officials are wrestling with questions of whether authorities...
...much of the latter part of summer, police officers in Helena, Ark., shouldered military-style M-16 rifles equipped with laser sights and patrolled the streets of this little community of 15,000. White signs on large blue barrels were placed in a 10-block area, warning that it was under 24-hour curfew. "Everybody is subject to being stopped and questioned," said Mayor James Valley. "Our officers will ride in unmarked vehicles, pull surprises on people and check everybody out to see who they...
Nasty to Nice The Tories are the traditional party of privilege, Labour the champions of the working class. But Margaret Thatcher, a radical Conservative, kicked against the establishment that tried to block her ascent; her policies appealed to aspirational working-class voters. Her successor, John Major, who came from a very modest background, nicely epitomized Thatcher's success. Blair, educated like Cameron at a private school and Oxford, won three terms as the leader of New Labour, a party as geared to middle-class interests as to workers' rights...
Russia and the West May I point out that it was only the refusal of a British general to obey the orders of his nominal superior, American General Wesley Clark, to block Kosovo airport to incoming Russian planes, that ensured that "no shots were fired" [Aug. 25]. Mike Jackson's exact words were "I'm not going to start the Third World War for you." Siegi Mandelbaum, LONDON...
...other co-captain, junior Lily Durwood, made 26 assists. Junior Alissa Flesher hit .545—her second best performance—while sophomore Mikaelle Comrie racked up a career-high eight kills. Overall, the women’s squad hit for .125 and put up seven blocks compared to Sacred Heart’s .140 hitting percentage and six blocks. Throughout the first set, the Harvard and Sacred Heart squads jostled for the lead, tying several times. Two forced Pioneer errors followed by one of Comrie’s kills let the Crimson eventually tie the game...