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...capital of exuberant quirkiness, San Francisco municipal authorities agreed on a set of laws meant to codify the city's piquant urban character. The Downtown Plan, a radical and ambitious zoning scheme, will protect dozens of fine older buildings from demolition, severely restrict the amount and bulk of new highrise construction and virtually outlaw the modernist office block...
...motto of Wyoming is "Equal Rights," which suits Gretel Ehrlich just fine. The handsome, clear-eyed Californian went to the state in 1976 as a documentary filmmaker, and recalls that "I had the experience of waking up not knowing where I was, whether I was a man or a woman, or which toothbrush was mine." The 100-mile vistas and scouring winds leveled differences. In these sketches of Western life, she tells of burying herself in work: sheep-herding, cattle ranching and collecting sensations. Cowboys strike her as "androgynous at the core." It has something to do with a life...
...leave the U.S.S.R. last month for treatment of heart and eye trouble, gathered around the tree with her mother Ruf, son Alexei, daughter Tatiana, their spouses and her three grandchildren. At the celebration in Newton, Mass., where the families live, there were special gifts brought from the homeland, including fine black caviar and vodka. But the day was tempered with sadness. In two months, Bonner must return to Gorky, where Sakharov remains in "internal exile." While her agreement with Soviet authorities prevents her from talking to the press, Son-in-Law Efrem explained, "She counts every day here. Who knows...
...improper maintenance practices. Says Engen: "In the past two years, we have put on the ground, or severely restrained, 52 airlines." A grounded carrier may not legally fly until the problems that led to its suspension have been rectified. Last year's actions included a record $1.5 million fine for maintenance violations against American Airlines...
...whole, the air-transport system can be proud of a fine safety record. The scheduled airlines of the Western world have suffered 138 fatal accidents in the past 25 years while flying 135 million aircraft hours--a rate that works out to one accident for the industry for every 978,000 hours in the air. Most planes are well maintained and skillfully operated. Yet there is room for improvement. Says C.O. Miller, president of System Safety, a Virginia consulting firm that has frequently been critical of airline practices: "Overall, I would say that the general quality of aviation...