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What really riles Hanson is the Government regulations that hamper his ranching. "Big Brother has got his arm solidly around you," he says. The Environmental Protection Agency will not let him use weed spray on his feed crops com animal poisons against the coyotes that prey on his calves. He complains that the Bureau of Land Management will not plow back more of the ranchers' grazing fees into improving the range, and that he must seek permission from the Army Corps of Engineers to build a culvert along a stream on his own property. "It's rules...
Charles Hambelton, staff attorney for the Boston School Committee, said yesterday that the amendment will not affect Boston schools, because city busing programs are well-established, but he added the bill could hamper school desegregation in other areas...
Thurmond wants to give the states more control over voting rights, to reinstitute the death penalty for serious crimes and to eliminate some of the due-process protections suspected criminals have acquired under Supreme Court decisions but which police officers claim hamper their work. He also wants to increase federal sentences for the possession of marijuana and to tighten immigration laws. Argues Thurmond: "I don't think people ought to be allowed to come into this country just because they want to come here." In his view, most of the Cubans, Haitians and Asians arriving in the country...
...doubles segment of the tournament the racquetwomen proved equally impressive. The all-freshman duo of Schulman and Pe was unseeded in the tournament, having never played together before. But they didn't let this lack of experience hamper them...
Stern, however, added that he thought there should be more non-Third World students on the committee, saying, "It certainly would not hamper the committee to be larger...