Word: monitors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proposal to CITES, seeking permission to sell about 30 tons of ivory a year exclusively to Japan, where ivory is used primarily to carve the personalized seals known as hankos. With only a single customer to absorb all their ivory, there would be only a single importing country to monitor. A panel of CITES experts investigated and found that, on balance, "the proposal will have a beneficial impact on elephant conservation...
...www.odci.gov/cia/ Enter--and browse--at your own risk. "The Government may monitor and audit the usage of this system," warns the splash page...
...break into local-phone markets on the cheap by negotiating with the incumbent to lease and resell service on its lines. Bryan's company decided to exploit a provision in the act that allows utilities to offer phone service. Many of them have modern fiber-optic communications networks to monitor plants and transmission over wide areas, and Bryan offered to use their extra capacity for phone service. Last year, for example, ICG signed a deal with Southern California Edison and won rights to use the utility's 1,260 miles of lines and switches spanning the key markets...
What's more, RVs aren't the difficult-to-maneuver, hideous-to-look-at, cramped behemoths they once were. O.K., most are still resolutely unstylish, but virtually all have power steering, power brakes and automatic transmission. Some carry a rearview TV camera on the roof with a monitor on the dashboard to make parking a cinch. Fleetwood Enterprises' Bounder, the best-selling motor home in America, has a computer stand and prewiring for a satellite dish as standard features. There's more home in them too, with options for queen-size beds, glass showers, bathtubs, washer-dryers, TVs, VCRs, solar...
Thank you for your article on Ellen's coming out [TELEVISION, April 14], with references to stars in I Love Lucy who were forbidden to say pregnant on the air. Times have changed. Now we have to monitor constantly what our children watch on television because of violence, even in cartoons. But Ellen's situation is different: homosexuality is not violence. It hurts no one, and it is real life. TV mirrors society. Society includes everyone. It is unfortunate that people will judge Ellen DeGeneres for her sexual orientation instead of just enjoying her gifted humor. Enjoy your life, Ellen...