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...ivory shipments to Japan, weighing 29 tons -- a fourth of 1988's imports. (Hong Kong officials worked overtime to approve the flurry of export permits for Japan-bound ivory.) In September Japan announced it was, "for the time being," adopting a zero quota for ivory imports. A government spokesman said Japan will follow closely the events at the Lausanne meeting before deciding whether to resume limited ivory imports. Japan's major traders have enough ivory to last a year or more...
Will the secretariat's campaign to block the ban succeed? Probably not, since the international momentum to do something for the elephant is strong. But little is certain. "I foresee chaos," says a spokesman for Botswana. In the final days leading up to the meeting, lobbying efforts by both sides reached a frenzied level. The vote in Lausanne will not be unanimous, and any prohibition of ivory trading will be at best a patchwork. As long as southern African nations such as Zimbabwe and Botswana refuse to accept the ban, ivory will be available for sale...
...preservation of the elephant ahead of the interests of the trade. In Lausanne that commitment will be tested. Japan has made admirable strides to restrict the trade, but its long-term stand remains a wild card. "We, of course, pay close attention to other countries' opinions," said a spokesman for the Japanese government. "We have not fixed our position." The Japanese have every right to feel that many Western nations have shifted their stance rather abruptly. Until its recent trade curbs, the U.S. bought one-third of Hong Kong's ivory products...
...contract that the machinists rejected offered pay raises of 4% in the first year and 3% in each of the next two, bonus payments of 8% the first year and 3% the second, improved health benefits and a 20% cutback in mandatory overtime. Boeing considered the offer "generous," said spokesman Russell Young. But union official Jack Daniels of District 751 in Seattle dismissed it as "peanuts," pointing to Boeing's profit of $614 million in 1988 and $356 million in the first half of this year...
...real thing, of course, but thick faux furs and diaphanous fabric in sexy, primitive patterns. And the customers cannot seem to get enough of them: they're snapping up zebra-stripe blazers, panther-print pumps, fake tiger coats, imitation ocelot boleros and giraffe pants. Says a spokesman for Paris' Dorothee Bis: "It's the theme of the year...