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...Kremlin propaganda already blames the sudden collapse of empire and economic dislocation on perfidy by ingrate "junior brothers" such as Ukraine, as well as hostile plots by the U.S. and nato. Moreover, a group of military officers and international-relations experts in Moscow is advancing new reasons for a buffer zone. They argue that the 21st century will be dominated by a "war over resources," says Yury Fedorov, an expert on Russia at Chatham House in London. Its prevailing ethos will be: "If you have a lot of resources, and I need them, I may use my gun to take...
...would want it to be passed through a natural filter such as wetlands after treatment. "Even though the scientists say it's safe, treatment plants don't always operate within specifications. That's why we would say that an added barrier of putting it back through an environmental buffer is required," he says. "We need to be reasonably prudent and cautious-maybe there are some things in the water we can't detect...
...zoned for institutional uses. Institutional creep along the Centre Street corridor means the loss of open space and more congested roads during rush hours. Therefore, no new complexes should be permitted at Centre and Weld Streets unless Harvard agrees to permanent protection of open space as a natural buffer between institutions and surrounding neighborhoods. What we ask of Harvard today is actually more of a compromise than what Harvard demanded from its neighbors 40 and 50 years before...
...addition to the Guard, Phelps' antics provoked anti-funeral-demonstration legislation, passed in nine states and proposed in more than 12 others and in Congress. Most of the laws establish a protest-free buffer of several hundred feet around memorial services. Civil libertarians say such statutes are vulnerable to challenge, especially since a Supreme Court decision in 2000 allotted only an 8-ft. buffer around anyone entering protested abortion clinics. David Hudson of Washington's First Amendment Center argues that the bikers' vroom trumps clearing room. Paraphrasing former Justice Louis Brandeis, Hudson says, "The remedy is more speech, not enforced...
Kilcommons' love of dogs began as a child growing up in Levittown, N.Y. In his memoir Tails from the Bark Side, he recounts how his beloved mutt Irish served as an emotional buffer from the abuse he says he suffered at the hands of his father, a construction worker: "During a time when my life was full of stress, terror, and unpredictable cruelty, he [Irish] offered a harbor of love and sanity that I drew on daily." Originally planning to be a veterinarian, he dropped out of Iowa State University's pre-vet program when he could no longer afford...