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Whether the fence will actually keep out illegal immigrants is an open question even to Norris. Said he of the immigrants: "They'll run cars through it or put a cutting torch to it." Or simply walk around it. Mexican Americans regard the fence as insulting. Said Vilma Martinez, president of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund: "With all due respect to Robert Frost, good fences do not make good neighbors...
...were all noise," says he by way of review. Why is he so hot on fireworks? Says Plimpton, who is now working on a book about the world of contemporary tennis as seen through the eyes of oldtimers: "As an artist and a writer, the idea of putting a torch to something is completely satisfactory...
...group, has conducted a demonstration outside the Harvard Motor House to protest recruitment interviews being conducted inside for a Washington D.C. law firm because three of the firm's partners represent the South African government. 100, was way down from the 3500 who participated in last year's climatic torch light parade, a number of law school students cancelled their interviews due to the urgings of the protesters...
...hometown girl sing with us and give her a chance." As any frequenter of Ronstadt's Hardware store in Tucson might have known, the guest was Linda Ronstadt herself, resting up at home with her parents before her next tour. Showing especially slim, sun-bronzed legs, the local torch singer joined sometime flame Jagger in a rendition of Tumbling Dice, a rocker she recorded on her own latest album, Simple Dreams. Home-crowd reaction: delirious...
...student reaction was stunning. The Corporation's refusal to support stockholder resolutions in all cases, and its rejection of immediate divestiture of all stock in banks lending money to Pretoria, touched a raw nerve. That night, 3500 students--more than half the undergraduate population--took part in a torch- and candle-light procession across the University campus, chanting and singing to protest the decision...