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...ploy, cracking, "We've not had similar success in placing ads in Pravda." In fact, the U.S. has found itself on the defensive in the game of public diplomacy. When the Soviets proposed a moratorium on nuclear testing last month, the U.S. awkwardly demurred, insisting that the ban would not be verifiable without on-site inspection. Gorbachev promptly retorted that the ban could be verified with existing satellites and seismic devices. White House Spokesman Larry Speakes huffed last week that nuclear testing is "far too serious from our standpoint to resort to public relations gimmicks...
...Brownback, who has appeared over the last several months at small events in front of conservative pro-family groups in Iowa and New Hampshire, delivered the graduation address at Christendom College in Northwestern Virginia, a school popular with conservative Catholics. Brownback introduced a constitutional amendment in April to ban gay marriage and then headed to New Hampshire right after that trip, annoying some Washington social conservatives who felt he was in rush to be the first member to sponsor such legislation in this Congress and earn points with conservatives in key primary states...
...whale sushi from Sapporo and whale steak from Tokyo, dished out by cooks in jackets with pictures of happy cartoon whales on the back. Mutsuko Onishi, serving her famous Osaka whale noodles, said she wants to see the moratorium lifted for the sake of her cooking. "When the ban began, it became really difficult to buy good whale," said Onishi, who has prepared whale for over 40 years. "Now we only get the leftovers from the research hunts. It's not always that tasty...
...museum in this tiny village in northeastern Japan, you can get your cetacean two ways: stuffed, in the form of a plush children's toy, or canned, for dinner. But you can't get it fresh. Although Ayukawa was once a bustling whaling port, a two-decade-long international ban on commercial whaling has all but killed the industry here. Now just a pair of companies occasionally ply nearby waters, roving for the Baird's beaked whales they're still allowed to harvest. It's the sort of insignificant game the whalers of Ayukawa would have thrown back...
...Yusa may get his wish. At next week's annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in South Korea, Japan is expected to push for an end to the moratorium on commercial whaling. Though the country has always been against the ban, conservationists fear that Japan and other pro-whaling nations like Norway and Iceland have lined up unprecedented support in the IWC this year, and might even extend hunting to protected species like the humpback. "If Japan increases its hunting, it could devastate these whale populations," says Nicola Beynon, a spokeswoman for the Humane Society International...