Word: porousness
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...West Bank. Under the occupation, crossing into the West Bank or Gaza Strip into Israel can be a humiliating experience for Palestinians, who are often subjected to interrogations and body searches by Israeli soldiers. The Israelis feel Palestinian control over the crossings would risk making the borders porous to exiles, terrorists and weapons...
Europeans, who are reminded daily by events in former Yugoslavia just how porous borders can be, were more inclined to see the parallels between Russia and Weimar Germany: vast economic dislocations, hyperinflation, national humiliation and a disaffected officer class. Of course, there are notable differences too. For all its economic troubles, Russia does not suffer the massive unemployment that plagued Germany just after World War I. And rather than being slapped with steep reparations, Russia is receiving aid from abroad...
...facts: despite the spending of more than $100 billion on the drug war since 1981, drugs remain readily available. Interdiction efforts are a farce. In fact, worldwide gluts and America's porous borders have caused cocaine and heroin prices to decline dramatically -- and heroin use, which seemed to be dying out, is rising precipitously. Casual drug use is down, but at least 2 million Americans remain hard-core consumers. At least 60% of violent crime is associated with drug use. Addicts commit 15 times as many robberies and 20 times as many burglaries as criminals not on drugs. Approximately...
...million, with an additional 200,000 to 300,000 arriving each year. Most come from the Third World -- the list is topped by Mexico, followed by sizable minorities from El Salvador, Guatemala and Haiti -- but Canada and Poland also contribute a good share. The illegals cross the porous border from Baja California, heading north to Los Angeles, where the wages are relatively high and the questions relatively few. They come from China, in coffin ships like the Golden Venture, in quest of asylum. They fly in from Ireland, willing to pull a few pints or pound a few nails...
Poverty, political chaos and porous borders have turned prostitution into a global growth industry. Mindless of social cost and disease, the skin trade debases millions of women and children. Among the most alarming trends is the explosion of child prostitution in many countries -- including...