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...gift shops in Arkansas to the Hogs & Kisses emporium in San Francisco, retailers' shelves are packed with greeting cards, books, posters, clothes, games, stuffed toys, jewelry, office accessories (oink-wells), bumper stickers (HAVE YOU HUGGED YOUR PIG TODAY?) and sundry objets d'art celebrating hogritude. Says Charlotte Iwata at Homeworks in Santa Monica, Calif.: "Cats were in for a long time. Then there was a rush for penguins and polar bears. Alligators came and went, thank God. Unicorns still have a small contingent. But pigs are in the lead." Bill Zwecker, owner of a Chicago gift shop, Animal...
...found guilty and given suspended sentences ranging from fines of 2,500 yen ($6.95) to two years' imprisonment; 16 have died since the trial began; and a number of people who pleaded "partially guilty" will be sentenced shortly. Some defendants swore they would appeal their convictions. Said Eiichi Iwata, who drew a two-year suspended sentence: "We'll fight to the end." For Iwata, now 62, it might be just that; an appeal to the Tokyo High Court and the Supreme Court could take ten years or more...
...MASAKAZU IWATA, PH.D...
...trucks loaded with 440 cops sped away from Tokyo's metropolitan police station. The arrival of the raiders at Red headquarters near Meiji Park sent men & women party members tumbling out of the doors to be collared outside. Inside, sitting calmly at a clean-topped desk, was Eiichi Iwata, a high party official. "I knew you were coming," he told the raiders. "I've developed a terrific sixth sense from long years of experience. The place is swept clean, but I had no time to prepare tea." Other raids-at a greengrocer's home in Shimizu...