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...that we would be better off using hydrogen instead of gas for fuel. For starters, hydrogen makes water vapor instead of carbon monoxide when it's burned. But building a safe, efficient hydrogen vehicle is another matter. Enter the Aqwon, the first hydrogen-powered scooter to meet Germany's stringent regulatory standards. The Aqwon can hit 30 m.p.h. with its two-stroke engine, but the biggest challenge was building a fuel tank that could safely store the hydrogen. In case of accident or fire, the Aqwon's tank simply freezes. If only the Hindenburg had had one of those. INVENTOR...
...neighborhood’s petition, known as the Carlson petition, would have set stringent height limits on Harvard’s property, and Councillors Murphy and David P. Maher frequently met with Harvard officials this fall to try to strike an alternative deal...
...likely, says Grifo. "The obstetric outcome was a disaster," he admits, "but the embryos were chromosomally normal. We have no evidence that it had anything to do with the procedure." Even so, concern over potential risks is why the Food and Drug Administration created a stringent approval process for such research in 2001--a process that Grifo found so onerous that he stopped working on the technique and gave it to the researchers in China, where it was subsequently banned (but only this month, long after Zhuang's patient became pregnant...
...everywhere except for a plot on Cowperthwaite Street, where the height would rise to 45 to 55 feet. According to Joslin, residents are willing to allow a taller building on that site because it is an ideal location for a dorm, but they hope the agreement will include more stringent restrictions on the size of buildings on other neighborhood plots...
...possibility that high officials broke federal law and endangered America’s national security demands that an independent counsel seek out the full truth. The counsel must be permitted to complete a full investigation, but should be nonpartisan, with stringent controls placed on the cost and duration of the inquiry to prevent it from devolving into a witch-hunt like the one perpetrated by former independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr...