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Among those African nations whose herds have been hardest hit are Tanzania and Kenya. They lead the call for a worldwide ban, and are joined by conservation groups, including the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation International. They argue that it will take decades for elephant herds to begin to recover, and that as long as there is any legal trade, the lure of profits will entice poachers and smugglers to beat the system...
...immediate question at the center of this public diplomacy was whether the Israelis would accept Mubarak's invitation to a conference in Cairo to get the peace process going. Shamir's election plan was limited to begin with, then hedged with such stiff conditions -- excluding Arabs in East Jerusalem from the vote, for example -- that it made no headway with the Palestinians. Many in Israel were just as glad...
However this method will not solve the problem by itself. To begin with, it does not always work. Last week's rejections demonstrate that even the name and resources of Harvard are not irresistable...
UMass administrators have indicated they don't want to begin laying off employees, but Casey said that will be a key concern of the fledgling union...
THESE suggestions are largely structural. But structural changes can have a substantial effect on the debate of a body that has not yet decided exactly what it wants to do. Once the council has regained the faith of students through internal reform, it can begin to act instead of just reacting, taking on the issues--political or otherwise--that are most important to the student body. Maybe then the council can take itself a little more seriously and earn back the confidence of the student body it purports to represent...