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...forum speakers say they are unsure about the ultimate outcome of the conflict. President Clinton's recent public statements reflect a desire for the matter to be resolved through further negotiations between the Defense Department officials and Puerto Rican authorities...
...council hasn't had much direct input about how the city is managed. It appoints the city manager and passes broad resolutions, but Healy writes the city's regulations. He is the de-facto head of public works, of public safety and of city financing...
...treatment of research animals is understandably an area of great moral contention and is certainly worthy of an informed, rational debate within the public sphere. Yet, Justice Department's actions are counterproductive to the type of dialogue that achieves real and lasting change...
Altering the public mindset about an issue as controversial as animal rights is best achieved through education, negotiation and extensive lobbying. To resort to such threatening and petty acts as sending razor blades via the mail is to undermine a group's credibility as a purveyor of information and as a vehicle for change...
Because animal rights activists receive so little press on a day-to-day basis, the sensationalist, headline-grabbing activities of violent activists weigh particularly heavily in the minds of the public and, regretfully, create unfavorable impressions of animal rights activists as a group...