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...focus on the specifics involved. Some of the provisions, however, deserve examination as examples of the spirit that pervades much of the bill. Those relating to inchoate offenses--attempt, conspiracy, and a brand new crime called solicitation--are too vague. These laws could conceivably be used to prosecute or harass people who participate in political activities in opposition to government policies. The provisions in question go beyond what is needed to maintain democratic order and cut into political rights of dissent previously taken for granted...
Harvard was never able to harass the Lions' deliberate, patterned offense sufficiently. "They handle the ball well and we had to adjust to their style of play," McLaughlin said. Cy Booker led the cagers with 12 points, while Brian Banks chipped in 10. Bob Hooft scored 11 points but rode the pine most of the second half. Playmaker Fine, after being tapped for last week's All-ECAC team, failed to score...
Still pursuing higher-court relief, 1,000 farmers flocked to the capitol in St. Paul last week to demand a moratorium on construction of the line. Others have taken more forceful action. When power-company survey crews invade their fields, farmers harass them with onrushing snowmobiles. They block construction machinery with pickup trucks and boulders. They shove welding rods into the radiators of the power companies' tractors, sprinkle sand and gravel into gas tanks. Four masked men on horseback menaced one work crew; up to 100 chanting protestors have played "ring-around-the-tripod" to heckle surveyors. Math Woida...
...story of Karen Silkwood can not be seen as an isolated case, but rather as an example of a conscious government policy to harass nuclear dissidents," Garrison said...
Many of Munro's dispatches are accompanied by pictures taken by his wife Julie. They have not experienced the intimidation that is sometimes inflicted upon Western correspondents in Moscow, where the government has been known to harass foreign reporters (it expelled an American journalist on currency-violation charges earlier this year). When the Chinese want to express their displeasure with a correspondent they do so simply by ignoring him?and living in Peking without access to the bureaucracy or permission to travel can be like being stranded on some barren planet...