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Public opinion and practicality have always driven the politics of whaling, and the debate has taken many strange twists over the years. Time and again conservationists have called for more studies before the ban is lifted -- a tactic used widely by industries to delay environmental regulations. In this case, there are sound reasons for caution. Humans have failed miserably in efforts to manage the harvesting of wild animals, and the IWC approved the moratorium because past attempts to control whale hunting had been disastrous. Whalers ignored catch limits and other restrictions designed to protect populations...
...hard-line Bosnian Serbs are the only hold-outs on the peace plan. The Serbs' recent demand for time to conduct a "referendum" on the plan represents a blatant delaying tactic to forestall Western action...
...what pollsters termed an "empowered Nancy Reagan." If she had her fingers crossed when she was nodding sweetly, baking chocolate-chip cookies and calling herself Hillary Clinton, how many other things might be fudged for political expediency? Republican fund raisers such as Floyd Brown see a bait-and-switch tactic that they hope to capitalize on by portraying her as massively influencing everything from the appointment of the deputy assistant undersecretary for technology transfer to a decision on whether the U.S. should bomb Serbian artillery lines. In his newsletter, Clinton Watch, Brown calls the President "a captive of the radical...
...indeed he seemed prepared to treat them that way. When negotiators asked him to send out videotapes to show the youngsters were safe, Koresh was happy to oblige. The tactic worked brilliantly for him. Agents were wrenched by the pictures, and even more profoundly engaged after Koresh began putting the children on the telephone. "Are you coming to kill me?" a tiny voice would ask. "Those kids' faces, you can still see them," says FBI agent Bob Ricks. "They are precious, innocent children, controlled by a madman...
...lengthy sessions of biblical preaching that cult members attended twice a day, Koresh underlined his authority by impressing upon them that he alone understood the Scriptures. He changed his interpretations at will, while his unsteady flock struggled to keep up. In a tactic common to cult leaders, Koresh made food a tool for ensuring obedience. The compound diet was often insufficient, varying according to the leader's whim. Sometimes dinner was stew or chicken; at other times it might be nothing but popcorn. On their infrequent trips to Waco, cultists could be seen wolfing down packaged cheese in convenience stores...