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...accord to exchange information on housing, with particular concern for finding ways to construct earthquake-resistant buildings and structures that can withstand extreme cold and heat...
...exile-gathered to debate their next move. All the delegates also belong to the Palestine Liberation Organization, a conglomerate of six guerrilla organizations led by Yasser Arafat, which faces a dilemma: How can it continue to hold out against Israeli presence hi its homeland and at the same time withstand pressure from Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia to join the movement toward peace...
...University has still not released an official report explaining the reasons for the bubble's collapse. Its manufacturers, Air Tech Industries, of Clifton, N.J., claim that it was designed to withstand winds of up to 80 miles per hour. The winds which felled the structure were gusting at only slightly above 40 miles per hour...
...bubble was equipped, however, with an automatic pressure regulator which increased the pressure inside as winds outside grew stronger. This enabled the structure to better withstand high winds. Although the pressure in the bubble during the Christmas recess had been reduced, the official University report states that the automatic system pumped more pressure into the bubble as the winds from the winter ice storm increased...
After the collapse, the University ran a series of strength tests to determine if the seam had given way under lower strain than guaranteed by its manufacturer. Under test conditions, the seams reportedly gave way at only about one fifth of the pressure they were supposed to withstand. Apparently the nylon cord used for the seams had badly decomposed from five years of ultra-violet rays of the sunlight...