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...Water Supply, Gas and Electricity Department churned out stickers admonishing: DON'T BE A DRIP−SAVE EVERY DROP. To save as many drops as possible, the city began enforcing stringent−and widely ignored−restrictions on the use of central air conditioning in offices and apartments. Though 110 inspectors fanned out to enforce the curb, the city issued a summons to only one offender−the landlord of the local FBI office. The Water Department nabbed another kind of offender: the Parks Department, which was caught wet-handed sprinkling golf greens in dead of night...
...next year, Labor hopes, voters will have learned to live with stringent new consumer taxes that have helped boost living costs 4%, the biggest six-month gain in 13 years. Meanwhile the tax bite has given the Conservatives a clear edge over Labor in local elections. If Britons were to vote the same way nationally tomorrow, by the Economist's reckoning, they might unseat one-third of all Labor M.P.s and return the Tories to power with a majority of more than...
...cope with feelings of isolation and loneliness-a radio message from Earth, for example, could activate a previously implanted suggestion of encouragement and companionship. But they also warn that unscrupulous operators might "confuse, exploit and deceive hypnotizable subjects." This experiment, they concluded, "emphasizes the compelling need to maintain responsible, stringent safeguards and control over the personnel having access to public broadcasting systems...
...CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Stringent traffic regulations include very low speed limits. Americans may be jailed for months on minor charges without consular knowledge...
Chicago's Abbott Laboratories, like most firms in the aggressively competitive drug industry, observes the most stringent plant security: work areas are grilled off and guarded, gates open only briefly for shift changes and deliveries, employee parcels are scrutinized. It is impossible, however, to police minds and memories. Abbott is seeking an injunction against two former employees, claiming that they memorized the formula for its highly successful Sucaryl, an artificial sweetener, and duplicated it in a competing product...