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...will win the World Series? The Phillies. By carrying Florida and several border states they should easily obtain the 270 electoral votes needed for election...
Recombinant DNA, or gene splicing, is a kind of modern alchemy. Scientists obtain DNA for a desired product, such as human insulin, and insert it into the DNA of a laboratory strain of a common intestinal bacterium. The bacterium, following directions from the new DNA, then produces the insulin. Scientists believe that the technique can be used to form a number of healthcare, agricultural and industrial products more cheaply and easily than ever before (see MEDICINE...
Mall builders recite a litany of woes. Choice locations are now hard to find, construction costs are rising rapidly, and fluctuating interest rates make financing both expensive and difficult to obtain. Because of local opposition, zoning regulations and environmental restrictions, the development of a new suburban mall now can take up to ten years, twice as long as in the 1960s. Says Mathias DeVito, president of the Rouse Co., one of the country's largest developers: "I doubt we will ever again see the kind of shopping center development that we saw after World...
...court found Irving Busny guilty of doing substantial renovation on a 9 Ellery St. building without a building permit, which he could not obtain because he had not previously acquired a "removal permit" from the city's rent control board allowing him to take the units off the market...
...removal permit ordinance, adopted in the face of increasing condominium conversions within the city, requires landlords to obtain permission from the city before performing major renovations on an apartment building covered by rent control or converting an apartment from rental to residential housing to some other...