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...only real change to the theater will be its transfer to non-profit status which he hopes will free the theater from strict reliance on ticket sales...
...world. In Thailand, China, Taiwan and Indonesia, even a low-level drug trafficking or dealing conviction can mean a death sentence. Yet yaba is openly sold in Thailand's slums and proffered in Jakarta's nightclubs, and China's meth production continues to boom. Even Japan, renowned for its strict anti-drug policies, has had virtually no success in stemming speed use and abuse. "The drug situation is so serious right now that the Prime Minister himself is heading the anti-drug task force," says Yoshitaka Yamada, superintendent of the National Police Agency's Drug Enforcement Divison. Even so, Japan...
...California, earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates sliding past one another. We're familiar with these plates, and we know where the fault lines are, and so we can prepare for the quake, at least in part, by enforcing strict building codes. The Seattle area is defined by a plate sliding toward North America - and when that plate hits the coastline, it pushes underneath the continental shelf. Wednesday's quake originated more than 30 miles under the earth, and so by the time the shock got to the surface, we didn't feel it as much as we would have...
...While privacy advocates applauded the broad-reaching rules, health care providers balked at the requirements, arguing that following such strict protocol would hurt them financially, and that waiting for written permission could conceivably delay a patient's treatment - even fatally...
Princeton even places strict conditions on the type of sponsors it accepts. Finkbeiner says corporations such as Burger King or Pizza Hut are not allowed to advertise. She says the school limits itself to banks and financial institutions that fit the affluent Princeton fan base...