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...petition asks for a new subsection to the Zoning Ordinance that would not permit variances to be issued in all residence and open space districts. If adopted, the change would make it more difficult for commerical establishments to be set up in residential areas...
WANT SOME RUBLES CHEAP? Since the Soviets do not permit their money to be freely converted into dollars or other currencies, the rubles Westerners earn in the U.S.S.R. have dubious value. Foreign companies cannot send their rubles home or even calculate their earnings accurately because there is no accepted exchange rate. While Moscow says the ruble is worth about $1.60, the currency fetches as little as 10 cents on the black market. Some U.S. firms have got around the problem by persuading Moscow to allow the companies to export what they produce with Soviet partners for dollars rather than rubles...
HAVE YOU GOT A LICENSE TO OPERATE THAT STAPLER? A U.S. firm that wanted to install photocopiers was told to obtain a special permit from the local fire department. When the same company tried to order typewriters, recalls its office manager, "the Soviets said, 'We can't get those. We'll do that next year...
...anticipate any problems," O'Connell said. "We expect to file [for a building permit] very soon...
Aside from the damage to marine life, the spill seemed certain to have an impact in another area. Environmentalists will use the accident as ammunition in their fight against further oil development in Alaska, particularly U.S. plans to permit drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...