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...Those who do speak out for the greater public good can expect to be fired as well as ostracized for not being team players. But attitudes are changing as public distrust of politicians and corporations grows. "The lifetime employment system is crumbling amid a wave of restructuring," explains Kazue Akita, a Tokyo lawyer who is backing a whistle-blowers law. "Japanese workers are becoming less loyal to their companies...
...April 11, a four-year-old boy in North Carolina was slain by a Rottweiler when the child tried to retrieve a football from a fenced yard. In Prairie Village, Kans., on Feb. 22, a six-year-old boy was so brutally attacked in his own backyard by an akita that he needed 100 stitches and reconstructive facial surgery...
...instance, rethought the time line. Prosecutors Clark and Christopher Darden built their case on the theory that the murders were committed between 10:15 and 10:20 p.m. on June 12, bringing on Nicole's neighbor Pablo Fenjves to testify that he heard the "plaintive wail" of Kato the Akita at around that time. The prosecutors felt that gave Simpson plenty of time to commit the murders, then return to his Rockingham estate by about 10:45 or 10:50, which is when limousine driver Allan Park says he saw a dark figure entering the house...
...case hasn't helped Ford because, after an initial spurt, the sale of white Broncos actually declined during the first eight months of the trial. Nor did that case have a noticeable effect on the Akita dog business. The people at Hertz tell me their Simpson connection has not altered normal growth in profits and revenues one way or the other. Orange juice has enjoyed record sales, but a spokesman for the industry doubts the ex-defendant can take any credit...
...Wall Street Journalreports the value of goods and services being sold in relation to the Simpson trial -- including ticket sales for a museum exhibit featuring a scale model of the courtroom, with an Akita dog on the witness stand -- is approaching $200 million, more than the gross domestic product of Grenada.The O.J. Files