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...since Sept. 11 has viewed it principally as a security problem. And those who would cross illegally into the U.S. know it. Fearful of getting caught in the heightened surveillance on both sides of the border, many would-be migrants are staying put for now. The reduced traffic is reflected in the falling numbers of people picked up by the U.S. border patrol. From September 2001 to January 2002, the figure was 161,095, a 47% decline from the same period the previous year...
...prompting governments to act. More states are being pressed to ban or restrict hunting in enclosures. The House bill, which parallels one introduced in the Senate by Delaware's Joseph Biden, would not drop the hammer on the hunts but would give Washington a way to control the animal traffic...
STAN STEVENS: To prove our dedication to this revolutionary cause, we’re prepared to block traffic in Harvard Square and annoy the hell out of some motorists who have absolutely nothing to do with Harvard. Take that...
...costs you nothing to protest? The point is that you feel strongly enough about something unjust that you are willing to defy it and make a statement—like civil rights activists sitting in at segregated lunch counters. (By this definition, some Harvard protestors are anti-traffic. But hey, that’s another column...
Elfenbein was among nine protestors for higher wages arrested for blocking traffic on Mass. Ave. at a demonstration last Tuesday...