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...because the inspectors have been lax. They employ an impressive array of mechanisms to make sure that materials used to generate nuclear power or for other peaceful purposes are not diverted to bomb development. In 21 years, the inspectors, who lately have run more than 2,000 inspections a year, have never found even a single case of material diverted from peaceful...
...record industry hopes that it will be able to control the production of bootleg CDs because of the relatively small number (about 115) of disc- manufacturing plants around the world, vs. millions of cassette-dubbing machines. But that advantage may prove fleeting because an array of new formats is poised to enter the market: digital audiotapes, digital compact cassettes and even recordable mini discs. While those formats are likely to contain devices to thwart mass copying, musicians may find that the only way to beat the bootleggers is to drown them out with legitimate material...
...network programming every day, up from 814 in 1987, according to the Television Bureau of Advertising's Arbitron data. Despite the current plateau in ad spending, U.S. companies have doubled their outlays, from $63 billion in 1984 to last year's $129 billion. At the same time, the great array of new products flooding the American marketplace has made it harder for individual brands to distinguish themselves from the pack...
...wonder the competition for these docile consumers is growing far tougher. Powerful new players are entering the business, and the result is some welcome relief for the consumer. Card issuers are changing the rules as they go, cutting prices, waiving fees and offering an inventive array of new services. "The heat is on in the credit-card industry," says Robert McKinley, publisher of Bankcard Update, an industry newsletter. "Nonbanks are finally putting pressure on the banks to lower their rates...
...exuberantly colored and gregarious macaws, however, are the celebrity fauna of the region. During a three-hour motorized canoe ride up the Manu River, we saw 327 of the loquacious birds in a scintillating array of colors: red and green, blue and yellow, scarlet. Munn estimates that each macaw in the $ region could generate between $750 and $4,700 a year in tourist revenue -- far more over the bird's lifetime than if the animals were caught and sold...