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...captive cousins in the real world -- an estimated 466 dolphins, 34 belugas, 20 killer whales, 10 false killer whales and two short-finned pilot whales are held in the U.S. -- the debate is not so simple. Because of government regulation and adverse publicity in the past, cases of outright abuse and neglect at aquariums and theme parks have become rare. Says Sam Sadove, of the Okeanos Ocean Research Foundation in Hampton Bays, New York: "By and large, the facilities are pretty good. Sure, there are things that are questionable, but that doesn't mean you should condemn the entire industry...
Amazingly, viewers aren't sated. In the latest Nielsen ratings, four magazine shows ranked in the top 10, and seven were in the top 25. Because the networks own these shows outright (unlike most entertainment shows), prime- time magazines are the best thing to happen to network news since Huntley and Brinkley. Says CBS's Andrew Heyward, executive producer of Chung's show: "They have kept the news divisions viable and healthy at a time when economic pressures are enormous...
...Chuckling) Some of the young men would not agree with you because they all want to be President. The opinion polls say that if elections were held today, the A.N.C. would probably win by an outright majority. It is then for the A.N.C. to decide who should be President. We have many dynamic people, and I would be prepared to serve under them...
...American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry last year, Kevorkian sketched a hypothetical example of how a patient, "Wanda Endittal," and her doctors, "Will B. Reddy," "Frieda Blaime" and "Dewey Ledder" should proceed before a suicide: "If in any of her reviews, Wanda manifests any degree of ambivalence, hesitancy or outright doubt with regard to her original decision, the entire process is stopped immediately and Wanda is no longer -- and can never again be -- a candidate for medicide in the state of Michigan...
...disputed labels should not be required. They also believed that milk processors ought to be able to advertise their products as hormone free, although it is not clear whether the FDA will allow that. Both sides felt that they had lost something, and those who wanted the hormone banned outright vowed to take their case to shoppers across...