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...apparent extortion scheme suggests that the current intrigue between the Mob and Hollywood may be every bit as spicy as it was in Lansky's heyday. MCA, Inc., the conglomerate seeking video rights to the movie, has suspended Eugene Giaquinto, president of its Home Entertainment Group, following reports that the FBI was investigating his possible ties to organized crime. For at least a year, FBI agents have been tapping the phones of Giaquinto and others in the industry who were heard discussing contacts with mobsters like New York's Gambino-family boss, John Gotti. The eavesdroppers have listened to talk...
Through most of his 2 million years or so of existence, man has thrived in earth's environment -- perhaps too well. By 1800 there were 1 billion human beings bestriding the planet. That number had doubled by 1930 and doubled again by 1975. If current birthrates hold, the world's present population of 5.1 billion will double again in 40 more years. The frightening irony is that this exponential growth in the human population -- the very sign of homo sapiens' success as an organism -- could doom the earth as a human habitat...
Humanity's current predatory relationship with nature reflects a man- centered world view that has evolved over the ages. Almost every society has had its myths about the earth and its origins. The ancient Chinese depicted Chaos as an enormous egg whose parts separated into earth and sky, yin and yang. The Greeks believed Gaia, the earth, was created immediately after Chaos and gave birth to the gods. In many pagan societies, the earth was seen as a mother, a fertile giver of life. Nature -- the soil, forest, sea -- was endowed with divinity, and mortals were subordinate...
...coffee, and there's a lot of joking on the line." Furuta's successor, "T.J." Obara, thinks his compatriots have learned something from the Americans. "It is more cheerful here than in Japan," says he. "It's phenomenal." Executive vice president Osamu Kimura feels this is a valuable lesson. "Current way is not good one. We need more dynamic, creative society. So we tell our colleagues here from Toyota City to work hard and enjoy California. Almost all people enjoy suggestion...
...airliner market, commanding about a 60% share. As the largest exporter of U.S.-manufactured products, Boeing through its sales contributes not only to Washington State's economy but to the U.S. trade position as well. Foreign airlines have placed some 60%, or $50 billion worth, of the company's current order backlog...