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Exhibit B: The Star of David is a sacred symbol of Judaism, right? Well, it's really a hexagram, which, according to the Lubbock school board, is "also referred to as the "`Seal Solomon,'...one of the most powerful symbols in the Occult...
When Congress enacted the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act in 1970, federal prosecutors used it to attack organized crime. But Seal Beach, Calif., attorney Ernest J. Franceschi Jr. is suing the city of Huntington Beach, Calif., under the RICO statute for operating what he claims is an illegal speed trap. Franceschi charges that the city can't produce proof of a traffic-engineering survey justifying the use of radar on a busy stretch of road. He also says police have handed out about 100 tickets a day amounting to $20 million in fines over 10 years, and his class...
...Saddam moves quickly to seal all escape outlets, Kuwaitis and the remaining foreigners, who include some 2,500 Americans, will be in for tougher times. Baghdad Radio has warned Kuwaiti citizens that they will face "the severest of punishments" if they provide Westerners with shelter. Meanwhile, Saddam is filling Kuwait with thousands of Iraqis, who arrive in trucks with all their belongings and orders to take up residence in abandoned apartments. "By the time Saddam has finished," says a refugee in Saudi Arabia, "the population will be completely different." And Kuwait may well be a place no Kuwaiti would want...
Move over, Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. The race is on to produce a stamp that will alert consumers to products that meet the highest standards of environmental safety. The Green Seal, introduced last week, should start appearing early next year on such products as toilet paper, light bulbs, laundry cleaners and facial tissues that meet the criteria established by a panel of scientists. "Our objective is to help American consumers vote with their pocketbooks on environmental issues," says former Earth Day chairman Denis Hayes, who is chief executive of the nonprofit, Washington-based Green Seal project...
Meanwhile, Green Cross, a nonprofit subsidiary of Scientific Certification Systems of Oakland is working with four national supermarket chains and manufacturers to certify products that meet high standards for recyclability. The cross will appear for the first time in July. Manufacturers seeking the Green Seal or the Green Cross will have to pay fees to cover the cost of analyzing their products, and Green Seal will levy an annual licensing fee. Can the two ecologos happily coexist in a green world? There may not be room for both, say experts. Ultimately the fittest will survive...