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...watch on the Rio Grande is a most crucial outpost in the ceaseless war of nerves with the illegal Mexican immigrants. Here they can be quickly apprehended and returned home with a minimum of fuss and expense. The problem is catching them, for they have as many escape routes as the snakelike Rio Grande has bends. Maintaining the daily vigil in the Harlingen sector of the Texas-Mexican border is Roland Lomblot, 51, a 27-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol. He and his eleven-man crew capture an average of 200 aliens a month. But the agents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: On the Track of the Invaders | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

...going to raise any fuss about it and the person who benefited from it won't either," Keane said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Blow-Up, But A Shake-Up At Quincy | 3/1/1977 | See Source »

...should I raise a fuss?" Gaffney said yesterday. "In my view, everything was perfectly legal," he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Blow-Up, But A Shake-Up At Quincy | 3/1/1977 | See Source »

Rompollo, 40, says Mrs. Carter prefers "a beautiful, covered look, not too much fuss or too many frills." With that in mind, he has also created her swearing-in togs: an understated wool dress with a fitted waist and slightly flared skirt, a classic wool coat and a fringed wool shawl. All are in a rich blue-green Rompollo calls "Rosalynn green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Inaugural Togs: Less Is More | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...everyone was negative about the weather. Remarked nonchalant Erica Foldy '80, "Personally I can't understand what all the fuss is about. I mean, what's a little...

Author: By Judy E. Matloff, | Title: Students Slip and Slide As Harvard Ices Over | 1/11/1977 | See Source »

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