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...part because of that very terrain. The vast majority of crossings now take place in and around urban areas. The crackdowns in San Diego and El Paso rely on enhanced ( technology, fences and manpower over short stretches of mostly urban zones, forcing immigrants to choke points in much rougher country. "If we can begin to deal with more crossers in canyons and rugged terrain," says Tucson, Arizona, sector chief Ronald Dowdy, "then we are playing on home court and by our rules. As the distances they must travel to get to transportation become larger, we become much more effective...
...away from the executive branch and place more responsibility in the hands of local government, like labor unions, grass-roots organizations, community groups. But to do that, he must redefine the military's role, separating the army from the police and the local section chiefs who established a draconian choke hold on rural Haiti...
...Washington doesn't louse it up, that is. What most worried some members of TIME's panel were indications that the Federal Reserve Board, which has already raised interest rates five times this year to forestall inflation, would choke off the expansion by boosting rates more than today's benevolent conditions demand. "If the Fed stays true to historical form, it will continue tightening on and off until we get ourselves into a recession," said David Levy, director of forecasting at the Jerome Levy Economics Institute...
...million pacifiers recalled for annoying potential to choke...
...average fee of 3.2% per purchase (as compared with 2% for Visa and MasterCard). A chastened Amex has now chopped its vendor fee to 2.8%, and the ploy seems to be working. Since 1992, the company has moved boldly into / establishments regarded by consumers as plastic-essential, including -- choke on this, yuppie scum! -- Sears and K Mart. This year alone, AmEx expects to sign more than 200,000 new businesses...