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...city of Boston recently decided to ban smoking entirely in all restaurants and bars, and it might soon follow the lead of New York City by imposing a drastic tax increase on cigarettes as one of many steps designed to reduce smoking...
...have dwindled so dramatically that the European Union's fisheries Commissioner, Franz Fischler, is calling for an 80% reduction by 2003 in catches of the most popular commercial species in European waters. Fischler's proposal doesn't go far enough for some scientists, who warn that if even more drastic measures are not taken, depleted stocks may never recover. They are calling on the E.U. to ban trawlers from taking cod, haddock and whiting from the North Sea altogether. But even Fischler's proposal is enough to terrify and enrage fishermen. Alex Smith, chairman of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation...
...term gain and cooperated with another closure, allowing the fish to recover to their currently high level. But cod is a special case, both because of their low numbers and the biological and environmental factors that will make recovery arduous. For fishermen like Mike Park, the prospect of a drastic reduction in quotas or a fishery closure spells doom. "I don't know what will happen," he says. "But I do know that any compromise to us translates into job losses and bankruptcies." The fishermen have every right to protest. But with supplies of their catch dwindling, it seems certain...
...decades ago admist national hysteria and confusion surrounding HIV. Gay men were dying by the thousands at the hands of the mysterious disease, and media reports of heterosexuals transfused with infected blood only fueled anxiety. With public confidence in the blood supply shattered, the FDA was willing to take drastic action to avert crisis. The resulting gay ban remains in effect today...
Sherwood also suggests a more drastic proposal—decreasing the number of shows put up, particularly in the Loeb Experimental Theater, so that existing technical staff can concentrate to produce better theater without burning...