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Polls show that Jenkins lags far behind the Liberal Party's Steel in popularity. Nonetheless, Jenkins is likely to continue as head of the Social Democrats, with the two men taking joint positions on issues in the House of Commons. S.D.P...
...David Owen, a physician by training, who was first elected to Parliament in 1966, campaigned superbly, leading some newspapers to speculate how much better the S.D.P. might have done with him at the top instead of Jenkins. The "other David," as he is commonly called to distinguish him from Steel, would dearly love to be leader and will probably not discourage a movement to displace Jenkins...
...families that then fanned out to the suburbs. The comparison is not exact, of course, but it's compelling enough. The effects of China's suburbanization are just beginning to ripple across Chinese society and the global economy. It's easy to understand the persistent strength in commodity prices - steel, copper, lumber, oil - when you realize that in Emerald Riverside construction crews used more than three tons of steel in the houses and nearly a quarter of a ton of copper wiring. There are 35 housing developments either just finished or still under construction in New Songjiang alone, a town...
...Colorado, Copper Mountain uses energy-efficient buses, and the gondolas at Winter Park Resort serve as public transportation Building materials Nonlocal or nonrecycled materials increase pollution byusing more fossil fuels Roof tiles made from recycled tires are being used at the Westin Riverfront; 80% of the steel used in the Hotel Terra is recycled
...container construction is getting even bigger. In the west London suburb of Uxbridge, a 120-room Travelodge hotel is being built out of 87 steel crates, stacked and snapped together Lego-like, into two nine-story towers. When construction is finished in March (the hotel opens in June), its radical construction technology will be hidden behind a more orthodox brick and concrete exterior...