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Cries of "Save the whales!" are once again echoing around the globe. Several environmental groups have sponsored newspaper ads urging Congress to bar Norwegian seafood from American markets, and some U.S. travel agencies are faxing letters to Norway, warning that travelers will shun the fjords in the future. The source of their wrath: Norway's threat to resume commercial hunting of minke whales, which its Cabinet is expected to act on this week...
...that the law will remain on hold for months to come. What remains to be seen is how it will affect the burgeoning national movement to boycott Colorado until Amendment 2 is reversed. In the past week alone, in a distinctly a-material gesture, singer Madonna said she will shun Colorado "until the amendment is lifted...
...store has Swatches for everyone--deep sea divers, college students with a wall to decorate, even the environmentally correct who wish to shun batteries--but don't expect anything other than Swatches. This is, after all, a specialty store...
...cults in favor of no-demand faiths. Groups loosely lumped together as the World Soul Movement originated with the synthetic pantheist, neopagan, nature- love and New Age groups that were the rage early in the 21st century. The triumph of feminist religion caused many Christians and Jews to shun references to God in personal terms (no more Lord or Heavenly Father). This in turn strengthened the groups that worship a mysterious nature-force or seek to deify the self. Today's variegated religious revival is partly the result of a need for effective moral commitment to protecting the environment...
...said Sheldon, who has become a religious-right activist as head of the Traditional Values Coalition. He has plenty of company among clergymen -- even those who shun direct political involvement. Floyd Smith, pastor of West Virginia's Hedgesville Baptist Church, also rues his one Carter ballot: . "To vote for a person just because he's born again is a mistake I won't make a second time." Smith wants a President "who will fight for our rights" against pro-choice feminists, atheists, gay-rights activists and others who threaten his brand of morality. "We're getting it shoved...