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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Offers of aid flood the Texas site, but some campers spurn them...
Famous as the site where King Charles Martel beat back Muslim hordes in 732, the sleepy French city of Poitiers is again a war zone. This time the defenders are French customs agents trying to hold back an invasion of Japanese video recorders. This year alone, 550,000 (85% of total sales) were sold, an influx authorities fear could cripple France's own fledgling video recorder industry and deepen its projected $14 billion foreign trade deficit. When hefty new $65 annual licensing fees failed to dent demand, the government turned to obstructionism. Henceforth, decreed the French government, every Japanese...
...upwards of $80,000, mobile homes now come with pitched roofs, wood siding and such optional amenities as sunken baths, hot tubs and wood-burning fireplaces. Some developers link two or more of these units together to form spacious homes that look at first glance like site-built dwellings...
...this year to 258,500 units, they think that falling interest rates will contribute to far stronger growth in sales of conventional housing. One reason: mortgage rates for mobile homes are usually pegged to consumer lending rates, which are not falling as quickly as rates available to site-built home buyers...
Geologists believe that radar scanning will be valuable in detecting modern waterways lying near the surface in arid areas. "If you want to look for water in the desert," says Breed, "you would look for that type of site where ground water intersects the surface." For archaeologists, the technique may help determine sites of early human habitation near former rivers and lakes. And, by indicating telltale subsurface features, it may prove a boon for geologists surveying for oil and minerals...