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Assault weapons and "Saturday-night special" bans hailed as the toughest in the nation? Done. On-time budget? Done...
Once again the suspect safety record of Japan's nuclear power industry has been caught in a harsh blue glare. In a nation where memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still painfully strong, and where earthquake faults run under much of the country, Japan still clings to an uneasy reliance on nuclear power. The country has 52 nuclear power plants, which supply more than 35% of the electricity demand. There are plans to build 20 more plants over the next decade. All of that would seem to demand ultra-strict safety standards. But the industry has been plagued by accidents...
...Over the last 20 years Latino voter registration has increased 160 percent, while voter registration for the nation has risen only 30 percent," he said...
James Blake, the nation's No. 1 player last year, has gone pro. Also, the team graduated its co-captains, Mike Passarella and Kunj Majmudar...
...Ovitz's real problem may have been his city?s fans. L.A. certainly had plenty going for it, namely television. With broadcast deals skyrocketing at least as fast as franchise fees, TV is the best source of the league?s long-term revenues, and Los Angeles is the nation?s second largest media market; Houston is the 11th. Both cities have shed teams in recent years ? the Oilers left Houston in 1996, and both the Rams (in 1995) and Raiders (in 1994) have found it too hard to make a go of it in L.A. But it was McNair that...