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Reports about Japan's plans for a newer, bigger whaling ship with an estimated cost of $120 million signal the government's commitment to a large stake in high seas whaling. One U.S. government official says: "That's not a good sign." The Japanese, however, are listening to the international community and changing its whaling targets - for example, deciding not to hunt humpback whales. But, for now, whale stays on the menu and on the plate...
...lights. Overhanging Massachusetts Avenue at various locations, peculiar whirlpool-shaped designs shed blurs of light on the automobiles and pedestrians passing below. These odd illuminations alert visitors and residents alike of some impending festive occasion, but remain ambiguous as to what that occasion might be. Lights during December traditionally signal Christmas, even when arranged in no particular pattern, but the Cambridge decorations seem to imply some other holiday by their strangeness: something new, something different, something starkly conscious of a Christian heritage they carefully avoid recalling...
...movie's extended interest in Neville's daily ritual as cop (hunting down the vampire-like infectees), woodsman (looking for animals that will put fresh meat on his table) and lonely guy (setting up a table each day at noon in case any undead survivor has heard his signal). Smith, whatever mood he's inhabiting, is a watchable actor, and he and the dog (who gives him an audience surrogate to explain things to) have a lovely, close rapport...
...group of commuters has even launched a class action suit against the government, blaming it for worsening their lives. The suit is unlikely to succeed, but it's a signal of popular discontent. In fact, Transantiago has pounded the approval ratings of President Michelle Bachelet. According to pollsters Adimark GFK, the Socialist Party president's rating slumped to 38.2% in November from over 60% in April 2006. Unsurprisingly, that fall has been sharpest in the capital...
...purpose of the shadow U.S. delegation here - spiritually led by Gore and including the likes of Sen. John Kerry, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and dozens of officials from California (Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had planned to attend, but budget negotiations kept him at home) - is to signal the world that the Bush Administration no longer represents the views of most Americans on climate change. They point to the fact that U.S. cities, states and, now, the Congress have taken steps to combat global warming, and that next year's election will likely accelerate that momentum. "The message here is that...