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...Luce series will further explore these concerns. With this series and the possible imminent arrival of a lone female Americanist in the History department, Harvard could see a renewed focus on American culture. Cultures and Contexts reminds us that this culture inhabits a far more diverse and treacherous terrain than we imagine...
...border that consists largely of four-strand barbed wire and the Rio Grande, and includes the barren deserts around Yuma, Arizona; the thick evergreen brush near McAllen, Texas; two ocean ports; and several mountain ranges. The Border Patrol insists it can do so, in part because of that very terrain. The vast majority of crossings now take place in and around urban areas. The crackdowns in San Diego and El Paso rely on enhanced ( technology, fences and manpower over short stretches of mostly urban zones, forcing immigrants to choke points in much rougher country. "If we can begin to deal...
Clinton's four-day, six-country tour, his first foray into the Middle East, taught him just how treacherous a terrain he had entered. He had hoped for a prime-time TV triumph to boost his party's midterm election chances when he seized upon the Israeli-Jordanian settlement to fly off to dramatic presidential appearances in Cairo, Amman, Damascus, Jerusalem, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. He quickly discovered that the Middle East and its problems guarantee not only the world's attention but risks, surprises and, for every misstep, a potential explosion...
...pipelines, many of them poorly maintained and some in very bad shape. Every year, up to a fifth of Russia's total oil production is lost -- partly to theft, but much of it through leakage. Komineft, the company whose oil is now polluting the northern terrain, is one of the most consistent offenders. For six years, says Stephen MacSerraigh of the oil industry magazine Nefte Compass, "the Komineft pipelines have averaged about 10 leaks a month. If you fly over them, you constantly see puddles of oil on the ground...
However, after moving to the opinion page where a broader world view is expected, Quindlen continued to traverse the same terrain, an act at once wearying and disturbing. She did attempt to expand her reach by commmenting on more public events...