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...foreign aid and curtail U.S. participation in the World Bank. Buchanan would rapidly withdraw all American ground forces from Europe. Some of the troops, he suggests, should be used to reinforce border patrols that intercept illegal immigrants from Mexico. As for legal immigration from Third World countries, Buchanan would curb that...
...archaeological loot from one region: Latin America. Plunderers of pre-Columbian sites used to have a field day rifling covertly excavated Mayan, Olmec and Incan ruins and shipping the artifacts north to a voracious U.S. market. In 1970 the UNESCO convention on cultural property established an international framework to curb pillage and the illicit trade in artifacts. Among the rich countries that are the biggest markets for stolen works, however, only the U.S. and Canada signed the treaty. Britain, France, & Germany, Switzerland, the Low Countries, Scandinavia and Japan remain holdouts today...
...district developed an ambitious strategy that sets stringent emission levels for everything from motor vehicles and power plants to consumer products. To curb the southland's addiction to automobiles, businesses with more than 100 employees must provide incentives for car pooling and riding public transportation; the plan will soon be extended to firms with 50 or more workers. Companies that do not comply with the rules ( risk fines as high...
Proportional representation, first instituted to curb corruption in local government, allows minorities a stronger voice in city affairs...
...been the centerpiece of countless late-night dormitory parties. But the enduring popularity of the venerable beer half-keg has led dozens of colleges to ban its use in an effort to curb campus alcohol abuse. This year Princeton University banished the container, concluding that underage undergraduates will find it more difficult to purchase the same amount of beer in cans and bottles from local liquor stores. But many Princeton alumni have opposed the ban, explaining in a letter that bottles and cans were "more likely . . . to cause injury" than a plastic...