Periscope
UFOS
Model Aliens
T TOP-SECRET AREA S4, ON
A the Nellis Air Force Range
in Nevada, the United States is
hiding nine spacecraft from the
Zeta Reticuli star system. If you
buy that, you can also pony up
for the Testor Corp.'s replica of
one of the ships (above), based
on descriptions from Bob La-
zar, a physicist who, the compa-
ny says, helped "back engineer"
alien technology for the Feds.
The Illinois-based hobby-kit
company says the model is no
proof of UFOs. Still, when
Testor designs, techies listen: in
the mid-'80s, Testor stunned
the Pentagon by producing an
eerily accurate model of the
supersecret stealth fighter.
VITAL STATS
Unfair Game
About 1,000 hunting ranches do
Ill equipped for battle: Muslim fighters on patrol in Bosnia
BOSNIA
Planning an Arms Channel
HE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HAS CALLED ON
T
the U.N. Security Council to lift the three-year-old arms
embargo against the Bosnian government, is developing
a plan to provide weapons and financing in the event the
ban is scrapped. Most likely, says an administration official,
the U.S. would ask Saudi Arabia and Turkey-two countries
that sympathize with their fellow Muslims in the Bosnian
government to provide the materiel and funds. "We could go
to the Saudis and say, 'Give them a couple of million so they
can buy what they need'," says the official. Some weapons
could come from American supply depots in Europe; others,
such as Soviet-built tanks now stockpiled in Slovakia and
Poland, would come from the open market. Washington
hasn't decided whether it will contribute arms directly.
The Bosnian government, responding to threats from Brit-
ain and France to withdraw their peacekeeping troops if the
embargo is lifted, announced last week that it was willing to
defer lifting the embargo for another six months. By the end of
October, Washington will introduce a resolution to lift the
embargo by next spring. If the U.N. doesn't pass the resolu-
tion, Washington will then take unilateral steps to arm the
Bosnians. In the meantime, the five-nation "contact group"-
the United States, Russia, France, Britain and Germany
plans to increase pressure on the Bosnian Serbs to accept the
group's peace proposal.
SOUTH KOREA
a brisk business in the U.S. For Targeting the Rich
a heavy fee, trophy seekers can
bag the animal of their choice.
Wild boar
Grant's zebra
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Ibex
PRICE PER ANIMAL
U.S. DOLLARS
Thomson's gazelle
$200-$1,000
800-2,000
2,000
800-2,400
Black-faced impala* 1,000-2,400
Western giant eland* 1,200-2,500
3,500
3,500
1,500-4,000
Barasingha deer*
Water buffalo
Gnu
Red deer
Cape buffalo
4,000-6,000
Sable antelope
Rhinoceros+
3,000-8,000
10,000-20,000
1,500-6,000
*ENDANGERED. TALL SPECIES ENDANGERED EXCEPT
SOUTHERN WHITE SUBSPECIES.
SOURCE: HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
IN SOUTH KOREA, WHERE POS-
session of guns is illegal and
violent crime is rare, a rash of
grisly murders has stunned the
nation. The crimes' common
feature: victims were singled
out because they appeared to be
well off. The most notorious at-
tacks were committed by a gang
calling itself "the murder fac-
tory," which, in some cases,
burned and cannibalized its vic-
tims. At the time of their arrest
two weeks ago, gang members
had reportedly been trying to
obtain machine guns to use in
commando-style assaults on
wealthy haunts. Last week a for-
mer taxi driver was charged
with raping and robbing women
he abducted in a stolen cab; two
were murdered.
The viciousness of the crimes
is being attributed by some to
South Korea's growing gap be-
tween rich and poor. The au-
thorities are reluctant to sug-
gest that the recent attacks are
an outbreak of class warfare.
Still, many South Koreans be-
lieve that the country's fierce
pursuit of riches has chipped
away at its ethical values. Last
week a woman who had been
hit by a taxi in downtown Seoul
was left to die as bystanders
looted her purse. The Korea
Times called the incident "testi-
mony to the naked selfishness
of citizens in this society."
PRODUCTS
Soft Touch
ARPAL-TUNNEL SYNDROME
Ccould be the main occupa-
tional hazard of the computer
age. Computer makers know
this and are busy redesigning
keyboards to try to relieve the
debilitating wrist and hand
pain that comes from hours of
working on a PC. A new model,
introduced by industry giant
Microsoft Corp. of Redmond,
Washington, incorporates ergo-
nomic designs that the compa-
ny says, provide a more com-
fortable alternative to standard
keyboards. In order to allow
typists to assume a more natu-
ral placement of the hands and
wrists, its keypads are split and
rotated outward. This, says the
maker, encourages a straighter
wrist position, as does a wrist-
leveling rail that adjusts the
height of the front edge of the
keyboard. The keyboard's in-
creased width and angle, Mi-
crosoft says, also helps users
keep their shoulders straighter
and more relaxed. Cost: $100.
Porta-bell
OF
North Carolina, is marketing
a device called the Wireless
Door Chime that instantly ex-
tends the range of your doorbell
to just about anywhere in your
home or garden--you'll never
miss another visitor or delivery.
The battery-powered pushbut-
ton transmitter is attached near
the front door; installation,
DataWave says, is easy. The
movable receiver is placed
wherever it is needed. When
the doorbell transmitter is
pressed, the receiver chimes.
Any number of receivers may
be used. Cost: $25.
ED SILVER and JOHN WOJNO
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: RALPH-FINN HESTOFF-SABA, OLEG POPOV-REUTER-BETTMANN, NC
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