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Akihito too took up his imperial duties. Dressed in a morning coat, he gave an audience to 243 government officials and their spouses. Speaking in ordinary Japanese rather than the stylized court language favored by his father at his accession, Akihito promised to follow Japan's 1947 democratic constitution...
This "rescue effort" reflects the perverted values of many involved in the animal rights movement today. Yes, excessive animal cruelty should be stopped. Yes, we should search for adequate substitutes to animal experimentation. And yes, potential fur coat buyers should be dissuaded from their purchase...
Called Plastics Again, the $4 million venture in Leominster, Mass., will clean up and break down used hamburger containers, insulated cups and cafeteria trays. The foam will be turned into plastic resin that can be formed into such new items as flowerpots, wall insulation and coat hangers. In its first year the plant is expected to recycle about 3 million lbs. of foam, or 8% of the state's annual consumption...
...earth upside down," warns Mark Petricone as his 13 students struggle with coat hangers and pliers. "And remember, folks, the earth isn't really in the middle of the universe. This is an incorrect scale model, but astronomers have been using it for a couple of thousand years...
...goal for the juniors and seniors at Watertown High in Watertown, Mass., is to mount a thimble-size metal earth on a coat hanger in the middle of a melon-size clear-plastic sphere that is supposed to be the universe. The students then use Magic Markers to trace onto the universe a computer-drawn map of a few hundred of the brightest stars in the night sky. They draw a line around the sphere to represent the ecliptic, or path of the sun through the constellations, and then they are ready for some gnarly astronomy...