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The reclassification of the alligator, however, is a true victory. Twenty years ago, the toothy reptiles had been so assiduously hunted, says FWS Director Frank Dunkle, "that many believed the species would never recover." Skin-seeking poachers had killed the animals by the tens of thousands. In 1966 Congress passed...
Once again, last Friday, the heart of Seoul was turned into a combat zone. Tens of thousands of demonstrators roamed through the capital's streets and squares, unfurling banners and shouting slogans protesting the rule of President Chun Doo Hwan. Once again they were pursued relentlessly by squads of police...
Economy & Business: The Government's power to regulate commerce has grown from a few words in the Constitution to tens of thousands of pages of turgid prose that cost consumers billions of dollars. The Reagan Administration has chopped back the thicket of rules, but now the trend is beginning to...
The scene was rich in symbolism: instruments of authoritarian control put to the torch, while their former wielders cowered in fear. Was it, spectators may have wondered, a preview of South Korea's future? Throughout the country last week, students erupted in a frenzy of defiant marches and demonstrations to...
Despite the protests of civil rights groups about discrimination against people with AIDS, some governments have mandated limited screening. France, for example, will soon require testing before couples are issued marriage licenses. In the Soviet Union, which has reported only 54 cases of AIDS, tens of thousands of tests have...