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Though born and raised on the West Coast, LaDuke's family is from the White Earth Chippewa reservation in Minnesota. Her father moved to Los Angeles during the Bureau of Indian Affairs assimilation and relocation program of the 1950s and 1960s, where he played Indians in Hollywood westerns and helped organize the early Indian rights movement. Her uncle, Vernon Bellecourt, co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) and was instrumental in the 1973 Indian occupation of South Dakota's Wounded Knee Hill...
Appearing on ABC's Issues and Answers, a former member of the Iranian executive branch, ex-Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotzbadeh, endorsed the legislators' call for releasing the hostages in batches. Later on the same program, however, Muskie reiterated the longstanding U.S. insistence that all of the American captives be freed at once...
...foreign aid. We have not got enough aid. We had worked on the basis of British and American promises that at least $1 billion would be available for our development program. So we want to see indications - not necessarily hard cash - that Britain, the U.S. and other countries are going to fulfill their promises. Nevertheless, we are thankful for what little they have done...
Breeding raises serious ethical questions. Which species should be selected for such programs? And how can problems of genetic inbreeding be avoided in limited zoo populations? In September, the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums set up a "species survival" program to deal with such issues. Warns Conway: "If zoos are going to function as an ark, it's going to have to be a rather exclusive...
...Jersey program does not offer instant record cleansing. Someone convicted for passing a bad check, for example, must let five years pass from the end of his sentence or probation before he can seek expungement; more serious offenders, like a grand larcenist, must wait ten years. Once the required interval has elapsed, the applicant submits a petition and a $30 filing fee to a judge, who must schedule a hearing within 60 days. If there are no objections from the police or other agencies, the request is usually granted. The ex-con's criminal record is then sealed, rather...