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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...parliamentarians arrived at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses one day last week, they were handed copies of an open letter to Mikhail Gorbachev demanding that he "stop the chaos" and "prevent a collapse of the country." If necessary, it said, the President should declare a state of emergency and rule by decree to halt the activities of "separatists, subversives and nationalist militias...
...Bajeux, a professor of theology and the head of Haiti's Ecumenical Human Rights Center: "He knows he alone can't change the country, and we can't ask him to make the changes with a magical wand." If the people remember that, then not even the army can stop Aristide's avalanche...
Banned Box The foam "clambox" is dead -- long live recyclable paper! Environmentalists urged restaurants to stop using polystyrene-foam packaging, calling the product a toxic hazard and a landfill-clogging waste. In 1990 someone listened: McDonald's promised to phase out its familiar hamburger containers...
...major shift in attitude by several international corporations. Companies that in the past had an adversative relationship with conservation groups have begun to take actions that are more than public relations. Following the lead of H.J. Heinz's StarKist Seafood Co., major American tuna canners voluntarily decided to stop buying fish from fleets that carelessly kill dolphins and other marine mammals. McDonald's addressed a major solid-waste problem by switching from polystyrene to paper wrappings for its fast foods. Conoco decided to use double-hulled tankers in an effort to reduce the risk of oil spills...
...Nairobi last month, two dozen representatives of cultural organizations held a seminar on "Cultural Industry for East and Central Africa" and concluded that something must be done to roll back Western (primarily American) dominance of cinema, television, music and dance. "Our governments must adopt conscious policies to stop the dazzle of Western culture from creeping up on us," Tafataona Mahoso, director of the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, told the gathering...