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...relying on a combination of speed, scattershot runs and sheer bravado. Sometimes they blitz the border posts, sending eight or 10 vehicles through at a time, betting that U.S. Customs will search at most one vehicle in the convoy. A group in El Paso has even taken to hiring "port runners"-young drivers who are instructed to floor the accelerator and take off into El Paso if agents try to stop them for inspection...
Aime, who was born in Port-au-Prince but lived in Gonaive before moving to New York, said the ties between Haitian immigrants in the U.S. and their native homeland remains strong. "I wouldn't say our concerns are that different," she said. "We're both concerned with improving Haiti...
...give up long accustomed personal liberties is another question. At the World Trade Center, routine inspection of employees' bags and briefcases has been rejected as too intrusive. "There are certain personal civil liberties that people should be able to enjoy," says Charles Maikish, who oversees the Center for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. "It's a commercial complex, not a military installation." Memories are still fresh of the FBI's unbridled COINTELPRO operations in the 1960s and '70s, which targeted antiwar groups. "If we panic, we shall wind up demonizing ethnic groups and letting...
...Port. at Golden State...
Women improved things -- because of military skills and because of gender. Wives noticed they were getting better gifts because during port calls their husbands had female shipmates to advise them on shopping. "Some of the guys have an easier time talking to females than males about family problems," said Airman Heather Weers. Feeling competition, the men worked harder. And foul language was toned down. "I think we've become a little more civilized," said the skipper, Captain Alan Mark Gemmill...