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...have expressed deep concern at the catastrophic losses to Africa's herds and have vowed to place the 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...
...ending the walkout. The machinists can fall back on their $90 million strike fund, but Boeing is under pressure to deliver 94 more jet airliners before year-end. In the interim, Boeing intends to use supervisors and nonunion personnel to put the final touches on dozens of jets that stand virtually completed at its assembly plants in Renton and Everett, Wash. The company pledges to observe strict safety standards. But the Federal Aviation Administration, taking no chances, announced last week that it would "significantly expand" its inspections of the company's assembly lines to ensure compliance with FAA rules...
...usual details emerged about Bakker's lavish spending habits (motorized bedroom draperies, a $500 shower curtain). The prosecution's star witness turned out to be Bakker himself. Jurors endured eight hours of videotape showing his histrionic money pitches and then heard the ex-preacher describe himself on the witness stand as a "minister of the gospel," not a "professional businessman...
...trying "to turn East Germany upside down with a comprehensive % attack." West Germany flatly denied that it had reneged on a pledge to shut its doors to new refugees. "There was no such agreement," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Jurgen Chrobog. "We would never accept that German people should stand outside a German embassy with small children without giving shelter and care. The East Germans wanted to build a wall around our embassy. Now they're building a wall around themselves...
...sorry that Mr. Cohn and many other feel that any Jewish organizations which "represent more than just an honest attempt at religious and cultural activity" must "stand for a self-enclosed world, with a secondary role for non-Jews." Jews, just like every other ethnic or religious group at Harvard, recognize a need to meet and socialize with others who share their heritage...