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...taken years of study for Interior to make this recommendation," says Joseph Lastelic, a spokesman for the American Petroleum Institute. "Development should be a high priority for this Administration. There is a lot of oil there." Other proponents of development cite the impressive conservation efforts made by industry at neighboring Prudhoe Bay, the nation's largest oil field. Even ardent environmentalists cannot disagree with that. Says Jay Hair, executive vice president of the National Wildlife Federation: "The oil industry spent the past 15 years profitably developing Prudhoe Bay and did a commendable job in protecting its wildlife resources...
Retailers cite the underground parking garageand the proximity of Charles Hotel as enhancingsales. The validated parking is a "big help" inattracting customers to the mall, says Hochman."We get a lot of tourists from the hotel," saysGlidden of Banana Republic
...extremely difficult to cite estimates of adult illiteracy--mainly because they come from different surveys and are based on different standards of literacy. Literacy is not an all or none condition. It is a point on a continuum from lower to higher levels of literacy development...
...Many cite the development of parallel leagues in football and hockey as evidence of a trend toward academics over athletics. The Colonial League, a consortium of private colleges with similar academic philosophies and geographic locations, began play this fall after agreeing to accept Ivy League-type standards, including a ban on athletic scholarships...
...ability of U.S. firms to compete internationally, some experts cite other factors besides stock-market pressure, like the cost of borrowing money, as reasons why American companies tend to focus on the short run. Says Frederic Scherer, an economist at Swarthmore College: "The cost of capital is higher for Americans, which means they have to show an earlier return on their investments. Cheap money allows the Japanese to take a longer view...