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...first glance, the proposed swap seemed merely a mutual convenience. The New England Aquarium in Boston would give the Naval Ocean Systems Center in San Diego an overly rambunctious 450-lb. male dolphin named Rainbow and in return get a mild-mannered female that is hard of hearing and is thus disqualified for experiments in hearing capability and acoustic response to underwater sounds. When animal lovers heard about it, however, they mounted a fierce protest. First, a coalition picketed the aquarium then last week Citizens to End Animal Suffering and Exploitation filed a federal lawsuit to block the trade...
...government and growing private sector want to attract foreign capital and credits by creating a "free-enterprise zone." Seoul and Tokyo would be only about an hour away by air -- if international flights were allowed to land here. But Vladivostok is home to the Soviet Pacific fleet, and the naval high command is more concerned with keeping out spies than with $ letting in businessmen -- or any other foreigners. To permit last week's conference, Shevardnadze had to enlist Mikhail Gorbachev's help in overruling the Ministry of Defense...
When they arrive this week, the U.S. sailors are likely to be more impressed by the natural beauty of the surroundings than by the Soviet naval power on display in the harbor. There at her moorings is the Minsk, a helicopter carrier of a class that sent the Pentagon into a frenzy of alarm in the 1970s. It is about half the size of the U.S. flattops on duty in the gulf. Nearby are a number of formidable-looking destroyers and guided-missile cruisers, but they are outnumbered by a long row of decrepit submarines literally rusting away at dockside...
...Carpenter's view, only direct threats to America's physical survival, political independence or democratic freedoms justify the use of force. Says he: "The possibility of higher oil prices arising from a stronger Iraqi position in the Middle East does not meet that standard." Though most support the naval blockade and diplomatic pressure on Iraq, Buchanan and his cohort are unanimously opposed to a large-scale ground offensive to force Saddam to surrender his territorial gains...
...will receive this interest benefit is Dr. Michael Millbern, 42, chief of anesthesiology at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. He reported last week to Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego for 90 days of duty, during which he will see little of his wife Dotti, 41, a nonpracticing registered nurse and member of the Naval Hospital Reserves, unit 519. She has been summoned to duty at Oakland Naval Hospital, 490 miles away. Dr. Millbern's mother is flying from Florida to care for the Millberns' children, a daughter, 12, and a son, 9. The Millberns' combined military...