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...household of 51 cats exposed to leukemia in a Connecticut farmhouse, only eight developed the disease, Essex said. He said the other 43 cats were unaffected...
...persons with less than half of this from handguns. Former Lynn mayor Warren Cassidy of the Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) argues that this rate is no worse than for many other commonly-used articles. He says that in 1973 poisoning, mainly from ordinary household substances accounted for 1.8 deaths per 100,0000, swimming pools for 4.1, and automobiles...
...security officials have worked over travel and protocol details that now pack a book two inches thick. The imperial couple will have plenty of help keeping to the schedule. They will be trailed by a retinue of 22, headed by Deputy Premier Takeo Fukuda and including the imperial household's grand steward, grand chamberlain, grand master of cerermonies and a covey of ladies in waiting...
...Japan returned to prosperity, so did Hirohito. His principal palace, burned down during an American firebomb raid in 1945, was replaced by a new one in 1968 at the cost of $36 million. Maintenance of the imperial household these days costs the government $6.7 million a year-handsome remuneration for a man whose role is defined by the postwar constitution as a ceremonial "symbol of state...
Some collections are more private than others, and for several hundred years, the art collection of the Japanese imperial household has been one of the least accessible in the world. Very few commoners, and even fewer foreigners, have entered the precincts within the moated palace in the center of Tokyo where it is kept. Although items from the imperial collections have gone on loan to Japanese museums, a representative selection has never been shown. But when Emperor Hirohito makes his visit to the U.S. next month, he will be the first Japanese-monarch to set foot on American soil...