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Many products also carry an artistic cachet. Says Regina Silvers, a spokeswoman for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City: "We're not trendy. We offer functional art with excellent design." Popular reproductions of a vase designed by Alvar Aalto in 1937 sell for up to $135, while the copy of a Tizio lamp, designed by Richard Sapper...
...Dutch media have played an important role in educating the public, says Dr. Evert Ketting of the Dutch Mental Health Center, citing frequent broadcasts on birth control, abortion and related issues. "We've been told that no Dutch teenager would consider having sex without birth control," says Guttmacher Spokeswoman Jane Murray. "It would be like running a red light...
...complete cutoff in federal highway grants, not even the most rebellious states have ever gone through with it. Nevada has come closest, with a new law that couples mandatory seat belts with a 70-m.p.h. speed limit that would take effect on July 1. But Robin Hollibird, a spokeswoman for the Nevada transportation department, believes the law will be over turned in short order. Nevadans, she says, just want to show Washington what they think of the 55-m.p.h. limit...
...category of "tactical intelligence for the military," which the Pentagon jealously guards. Hoekstra said he agreed to drop the provision "to give the players the opportunity to work out in practice what the intelligence reform bill means." Hunter could not immediately be reached for comment. A Negroponte spokeswoman said the DNI was "unaware of any such deal. We were never consulted and played no role in it." - With reporting by Douglas Waller/Washington
...conservationists fear that Japan and other pro-whaling nations like Norway and Iceland have lined up unprecedented support in the IWC this year, and might even extend hunting to protected species like the humpback. "If Japan increases its hunting, it could devastate these whale populations," says Nicola Beynon, a spokeswoman for the Humane Society International (HSI) in Australia. But Japan's whaling industry argues that targeted species have recovered to the point where sustainable whaling is possible, and that the country shouldn't feel constrained by foreign sensitivities. "For Japanese people, whale is part of our food culture," says Keiichi...