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MARINE RESERVES Wilderness areas in the oceans are a relatively new concept. One of its pioneers is Bill Ballantine, a marine biologist in New Zealand with the University of Auckland who in 1965 raised the idea of "no take" reserves, which prohibit all fishing. New Zealand now has 16 marine reserves; others have been established in Australia, Belize, the Galapagos Islands and the Caribbean. In 2000 the Nature Conservancy purchased the atoll of Palmyra, 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, to preserve its 15,000 acres of pristine coral reefs...
...unemployed, the kingdom imports 6 million foreign workers to fill the low-wage jobs Saudis don't want. Restive and jobless young Saudis have nowhere to turn in an antidemocratic society governed by puritanical social norms: Saudi authorities ban dance clubs and movie theaters, forbid women to drive and prohibit men and women from mixing in public. "That adds up to a fragile situation," says a U.S. official...
...unemployed, the kingdom imports 6 million foreign workers to fill the low-wage jobs Saudis don't want. Restive and jobless young Saudis have nowhere to turn in an antidemocratic society governed by puritanical social norms: Saudi authorities ban dance clubs and movie theaters, forbid women to drive and prohibit men and women from mixing in public. "That adds up to a fragile situation," says a U.S. official...
Building projects in the North Yard—such as those called for by the Law School’s long range plans—could only be undertaken after assurances that they would not prohibit a move to Allston...
Just last week, Levin met with a Justice Department official to discuss whether jointly agreeing with other schools to abolish early admissions would violate antitrust laws that prohibit colleges from collaborating on admissions procedures...