Word: lawlessness
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...Laura M. Lawless '00, who is from Queens, N.Y., is one of 18 finalists across the state that will compete in the 60th Annual Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant this Friday and Saturday nights...
...site can have the same deterring factor as physically blocking clinic entrances and because it questions the First Amendment rights of the Internet, asking whether the site is a purely political vehicle or whether it crosses the Supreme Court's standard of protected speech by inciting imminent and lawless action...
Though the content of The Nuremberg Files is certainly disturbing and deeply offensive to those of us who support a woman's right to choose as well as to the majority of those who are anti-abortion, nowhere does there seem to be the threat of imminent lawless action. Not only is the Internet inherently weak as a provocative medium, but the Web site does not explicitly call for violence against abortion doctors. Furthermore, the site can be viewed as an informational political vehicle, since it also urges voters to begin letter-writing campaigns against abortion. Much as we might...
Government action has been minimal. In the past five years only a handful of sweatshop owners has been prosecuted for failing to pay workers. The government failure has created an even more lawless enclave. Local cops say that as the immigrants become more desperate for money, they often turn to crime. According to Tommy Ong of the New York police intelligence division, the sleazy employment agencies under the Manhattan Bridge that specialize in placing illegal immigrants in jobs around the country often misrepresent and oversell the type of work available. When workers return and can't pay off their immigration...
...watch decked out in a black Ninja suit, cellular phone and holstered pistol. The unprepossessing leaders illustrate yet another conundrum facing Holbrooke: the K.L.A. has no effective political arm; fighters are already splitting into factions; and power is so diffuse that even if they succeed in liberating Kosovo, the lawless conditions that prevail today may continue. As a prominent Kosovar tells TIME, "It could be like Afghanistan...