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...exchange for Smith & Wesson's commitment, the government terminated many of the myriad lawsuits looming against the company. Initially, that compromise seemed to suit both parties: Smith & Wesson was assured a certain degree of protection against litigation, and government officials could point to a victory in its campaign against gun violence...
...government says it is having to act to prevent its prize pupil from being beaten up. Because of Smith & Wesson's actions, according to a report in Thursday's New York Times, gun distributors and wholesalers are excluding its products from their stores and shows, and have made it clear the company is unwelcome at shooting matches. The company's legal counsel, which counts other gun makers among its clients, announced it would no longer represent Smith & Wesson. In response to this apparent stonewall - which the gun industry says is not coordinated - the government has moved quickly, launching antitrust investigations...
...officials were probably taken aback by the alleged attack, says TIME correspondent Edward Barnes. "I think they were pretty surprised by it, and the government's speed of reaction indicates they weren't expecting such a strong rejoinder either." In the long run, says Barnes, the rest of the gun industry will probably fall in line with Smith & Wesson as they slowly acknowledge the turning tides. But in the meantime, it appears they're doing everything they can to make it clear that cozying up to the government may not be good for business...
...more than a few foot bones to establish Eosimias as the common ancestor of monkeys, apes and man. Some experts, in fact, say that Eosimias is probably closer to the tarsiers, which split off earlier from the monkey-to-human branch. "So far, we don't have the smoking gun," argues anthropologist Eric Delson of the City University of New York's Lehman College. He would be convinced, he says, by a full skull showing fused eye sockets and forehead. (By contrast, lemurs have gaps in both places...
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