Word: obey
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...Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, head of Iran's International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology estimates that "the possibility of an earthquake measuring more than six on the Richter scale occurring now in Tehran is about 90%." "The government must have more oversight on new building constructions, making sure they obey safety codes," adds Abdollah Saidi of the Geological Survey of Iran. And a debate about moving the capital - and its 12 million inhabitants - has flared again. Ashtiany says the idea diverts attention from achievable goals. "We have to work to strengthen structures and reduce risk," he says. "The tsunami showed...
...immediately bombarded by chatter from the machines all around him; somehow, he can understand them and they can understand him. If he tells a gunman’s weapon to jam, it misfires; if he says “lights to half,” the bulbs around him obey. He can even converse with microwaves...
...debt collectors call you at your place of work, firmly ask them to cease and desist. Legally, they have to obey...
...suggestion…I had the sense that not everyone at Ford was of one view,” Saller says. “We thought that the model of the MacArthur Foundation was a reasonable model, and that’s one that imposes a condition that we obey relevant antiterrorism legislation...
...border? It requires 10,000 more border-patrol guards and 4,000 more immigration and customs agents over five years. It also orders improvements in air-cargo and cruise-ship security. But the measures are "meaningless without the dollars to back them up," says Democratic Representative David Obey. So far, Congress has been stingy about paying for them...