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...House bill, sponsored by Rep. Charles Rose (D-N.C.) and co-signed by 58 other members of Congress, would impose a two-year moratorium on the granting of such patents and also revoke the one granted to Harvard last week...
...question now is what specifics for symmetry Moscow has in mind. U.S. State Department officials say they have proposed a moratorium on all arms deliveries for a year, beginning May 15. After that period expires, says a U.S. diplomat in Washington, "our actions will be directed by Soviet actions. If they resupply, we'll do the same. We will watch to see what happens." The approach appears to satisfy most of the mujahedin's supporters in the U.S. Congress. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, a Democrat, who backed a unanimous Senate resolution last month urging the Reagan Administration to stiffen...
...curb the development which leads to the problem. "We can try to channel the development that hasn't yet occurred to other areas," Duehay says. "Many of the neighborhoods feel overwhelmed by the parking situation." He adds, "Maybe the thing to do is to impose a city-wide moratorium on new development until the city looks at the situation...
Starting in January, Japan joined an international moratorium on all commercial whaling. But last week a small Japanese expedition began killing minke whales off the coast of Antarctica. The goal: a catch of 300 whales. U.S. Commerce Secretary William Verity immediately declared Japan in violation of its agreement to observe the moratorium. Under U.S. law, Verity may recommend that President Reagan impose trade sanctions on Japan. If that & happens, the President must either impose the sanctions or explain to Congress why such action is not warranted. Japanese officials called Verity's pronouncement "extremely regrettable" and expressed hope that the issue...
Japan contends that the whale hunt is for scientific purposes allowed under the moratorium. The minke whales, which are not on the endangered-species list, will be dissected to determine their age and reproductive history. Fair enough, but the whale meat produced will turn up at restaurants in Japan. And that, says Commerce Department Spokesman Brian Gorman, "gives rise to concerns that this may be a thinly veiled commercial hunt." The Japanese people cannot understand why killing an unendangered species should cause such a ruckus. "Americans eat beef," they say. "Why can't we eat whale...