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...raids on research laboratories, animal-rights activists destroyed equipment and "liberated" test animals, setting back experiments designed to improve medical treatment for humans. Activists using legal means, such as picketing and newspaper ads, successfully brought pressure on some laboratories to improve treatment of test animals. But others campaigned to halt virtually all animal experimentation, a ban that would cripple medical research. All told, the animals-rights movement has led to a false public perception that medical researchers are generally callous in their treatment of test animals or at least indifferent to their welfare...
...Palestinian group was not acceptable. Beyond that, the stone-faced Prime Minister gave away little. At meetings with his right-wing supporters, Shamir emphasized that he had not agreed to sacrifice -- or even discuss -- the status of Jerusalem and that there was no requirement for Israel to halt construction of new settlements in the territories or lift the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip by Israeli troops. "Trust me," Shamir told a gathering of Knesset members from the small rightist parties that hold his ruling Likud coalition together. "We won't withdraw one millimeter...
...part, Israel is not required by Bush's proposal to agree to trade any territory for peace or to halt its construction of new settlements on the West Bank. "I don't believe in territorial compromise," Shamir insisted last week. Baker delivered an Arab offer to suspend the 43-year economic boycott of Israel in return for putting the settlements on hold. Jerusalem rejected...
Greece took steps years ago to halt further deterioration of its antiquities. Planes are barred from flying over Athens, and tourists are no longer permitted to walk into the Parthenon, Athena's exquisite temple atop the Acropolis. Still, with as many as 6,000 visitors a day clambering up the Acropolis, some parts of its rock have become so slippery and dangerous that officials have had to cover them with concrete. Marble treasures in the museum have been blackened by tourists' greasy hands. Officialdom can also be difficult: although buses have not been allowed on the Acropolis since...
...neither IBM nor Apple has been able to halt customer defections. IBM's market share in PCs has dropped by half, to 23%, while Apple's has declined to 15%, from 18%. The changing marketplace has forced both companies to make some painful adjustments. In the largest layoff in the company's history, Apple will pare 1,500 jobs from its payroll this summer, a reduction of about 10%. The company is expected to post an earnings decline for the past quarter, largely because of price cutting. IBM, which during the January-March period reported the first quarterly loss...