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Before you begin flooding the Internet with electronic hate mail - or contacting the nearest U.S. attorney - you should know that my eating whale was a onetime thing, as part of my reporting, and it happened in Japan, where eating whale is not only legal but sometimes considered a national right. (Japan is not the only country to refuse to accept the whaling ban, but it's the only one that pursues whale in any significant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Japan Keeps Fighting the Whale Wars | 3/13/2010 | See Source »

...neither is Japan. In part, the Japanese may be protecting their right to whale as a stand-in for a separate issue they actually care about: fishing for bluefin tuna, which is popular in sushi. The Japanese eat an estimated 80% of the world's catch of the species, which many scientists believe is in danger of being fished out of existence. If Japan holds the line on whaling, the argument goes, it would send a signal that limits on bluefin tuna aren't up for debate either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Japan Keeps Fighting the Whale Wars | 3/13/2010 | See Source »

...sell out, but it didn't take long for the blasts less than a mile from his home to force him to leave. He caved in late 2009 and turned over his land - likely for a hefty sum. Spotted weeping at the local community bank, "he left a big part of him in Lindytown," says Gunnoe, whose grandfather worked with Smith. "If [the coal companies] can make life bad enough, people will be volunteering to leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In West Virginia, a Battle Over Mountaintop Mining | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

...order to ensure that off-campus students still feel like part of the community, the Office of Student Life lets off-campus residents who have lived in a House for two semesters stay affiliated with their House, McIntosh notes...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Undergrads Seek A Room of Their Own | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

...women in general do not aggressively negotiate their salaries, this is in part due to the reality that they are often viewed negatively for such behavior. Research shows that people expect women to “play nice” and often punish them for aggressive or “risky” behavior that would go unnoticed or even rewarded in men. While Hachigian suggests that what needs to change is girls’ willingness to “seek out and take necessary risks,” it is far more necessary that society as a whole learns...

Author: By GINA HELFRICH | Title: LETTERS: Cautioned by Society | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

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