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...Human-rights activists argue that such nationwide clean-outs?some 400,000 workers were deported in 2002?are futile as many illegals go into hiding or slip back into the country after being expelled. The raids also miss the main culprits, the employers and recruiters who sneak workers into the country, says activist Aegile Fernandez?a point government officials themselves concede. "We have produced 113 employers in court in the last two years, but they have never been convicted," sighs Ishak Mohamed, the Immigration Department's senior enforcement officer. "They have very good lawyers...
Pressed to think of happy events, the main character in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women can only come up with two: breaking her back and dying. Such despair and bleak humor characterizes the play, which plays through March 12 at the Loeb Experimental Theatre...
...Part of the culinary empire of chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, the restaurant is a temple to gorgeous, delicious food. Golden, ruby red and candy-striped beets brighten a simple salad; Texas blue crabs star in a sublime crab cake. For a more casual, festive evening, try Bossa, near the Main Street Square stop, which offers zesty pan-Latin fare and has a hopping bar scene. Afterward, stride down the block and across the street to Sambuca Jazz Cafe on Texas Street, where you can hear live jazz and sample a California-heavy wine list...
...past quarter-century, when poor countries have pleaded with the rich world for help, they have been sent to the world money doctor, the International Monetary Fund. For a quarter-century, and changing only very recently, the main IMF prescription has been budgetary belt-tightening for patients much too poor to own belts. IMF-led austerity has frequently resulted in riots, coups and the collapse of public services. Finally, however, that approach is beginning to change...
...Where time is the main issue, lawyers could often be more ambitious in the arrangements they seek for their clients, argues Anne Hollonds, chief executive officer of Relationships Australia (N.S.W.). Precedent guides lawyers; but in family law precedents are set in that small percentage of cases that make it to trial. "These needn't be the guide for how to handle cases where the two people are O.K. with each other," Hollonds says. It's a "wrong vision," she adds, which people won't be exposed to in the FRCs, lawyer-free zones to be run by community-based organizations...