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France and Italy, on the other hand, have stringent import restrictions that have prevented the Japanese from capturing more than 3% of the local markets. The success of its economical R-5 (known as Le Car in the U.S.) helped France's Renault to increase sales last year by 11%. Italy's Fiat expanded its share of the local market from 50.9% to 52.3%, despite weak demand for its larger models and intermittent strikes that reduced production in September...
Some states (Massachusetts, Washington, Connecticut) and some cities (Boston, Atlanta) have in recent years enacted relatively stringent fire codes. But nearly all, including Las Vegas, have grandfather clauses that exempt existing buildings or require only minor improvements. Miami Beach, for example, adopted a tough code in 1976 but only requires its existing hotels to install, among other measures, manual fire alarms and emergency doors. A team of Miami Beach fire officials is going to Las Vegas to see what lessons the MGM Grand Hotel case holds for their city. Admits Assistant Fire Chief Braniard Dorris: "The potential [for a similar...
Haunted by the memory of the 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire that killed 504 persons, Boston has one of the nation's most stringent fire codes. Every building over 70 ft. tall, for instance, must have a sprinkler in every room, closet and corridor. Just as important, owners of some existing buildings have voluntarily modernized their fire-safety systems. The venerable seven-story Copley Plaza was built in 1912, but its owners are spending $460,000 to install smoke alarms in every room after an arsonist's blaze in 1979 killed two people...
...which is a calving ground for one of the largest caribou herds in the U.S. Of this land, 56.7 million acres have been designated as wilderness where logging, mining and motorized vehicles will be outlawed. The rest of the land will be open to some development, but only under stringent environmental safeguards. Out of Alaska's total of 377 million acres only 8% of the land will be completely closed to hunting, 20% to oil and gas exploration, and 34% to mining...
Other professors in HCO have criticized problems in CFA's setup besides the director's workload. Marc Davis, assistant professor of Astronomy, said HCO has "declined substantially" since the merger. He added that stringent rules about research eligibility imposed by the Faculty, to which HCO but not SAO members are subject, have caused many scientists to shift to the SAO payroll, taking grant monies with them...