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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about this week at the annual conference of the Society for Risk Analysis. (Yes, there really is one.) The 800 or so actuaries, social scientists, lawyers and psychologists who are expected to attend will gather in -- what better place? -- San Francisco. They need only step outside their hotels to see a city that has become one vast society for risk analysis. All around the Bay Area these days, amid the tumbled roadways and jolted buildings left by the earthquake, people are asking themselves: Is it crazy to live on a fault line...
...Applied to San Francisco, it means that a second quake there in a year or two would have a much greater impact. We could expect to see a significant out-migration from California," says geographer Curtis C. Roseman. "One quake doesn...
...intend to drain that fund, and even if he did, more would be required. The Governor is expected to call the state legislature into special session in another week or so to decide how much more relief is needed and how to pay for it. It is hard to see how any significant amount could be made available without a hike in either sales or gasoline taxes. Deukmejian, who has taken a Bush-like antitax position, said last week that such a boost "would be a last resort...
Health-conscious Americans are hunting out game because it is generally lower in calories, cholesterol and saturated fats than other meats. Game also appeals to food purists because it is raised without artificial hormones or antibiotics. People see it as "natural and of the earth," says La Toque owner-chef Ken Frank, whose venison dishes are popular at his tony Los Angeles restaurant. In Phoenix, chef Vincent Guerithault, owner of Vincent on Camelback, has developed a line of "heart-smart" game entrees. Once chefs % had to scramble to find a brace of partridge or pheasant. Not anymore. Game suppliers...
...echo and the elapsed time from transmission determine an object's location. Unlike relatively slow sound waves, radio signals travel at the speed of light and can circle the globe 7 1/2 times a second. Therefore, radar can almost instantly spot targets at great distances. Because it can see through clouds and at night, radar is superior to all other sensors, including optical, infrared, acoustic and magnetic...