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an exhibit at the tower , which will run through september , tells the story of the tower 's origin and explores the life of the masterful engineer who wielded iron in entirely new ways .


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a new zealand man jumped headfirst from the tower 's second level with an elastic cord tied around his feet in 1987 _ and bounced back .


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petit , known for balancing between new york city 's world trade towers , will carry a copy of the universal declaration of the rights of man across the river on a 400-foot tightrope connecting the second level of the tower with the palais de chaillot .


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in the early 1980s , the tower had a facelift that included new elevators , a museum , a post office and a spectacular new 292 , 000-watt lighting system that replaced the old floodlights .


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the new lights illuminate the tower from within , creating a pale gold tracery against the night sky .


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in 1889 , the eiffel tower , in paris , was officially opened to the public .


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by comparison , the famed eiffel tower of paris is 984 feet tall .


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it was twice as tall as france 's eiffel tower , which is 984 feet high .


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maybe i 'll take a shot at the eiffel tower in france . ''


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stone also bought platform boots , a presentation gold disc and a boater with a model of the eiffel tower in paris on top .


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the 70 employees at the eiffel tower went on strike saturday for higher pay , preventing tourists from entering the most famous site in france .


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tourists could once again get a bird 's eye view of paris today after workers at the eiffel tower ended a four-day strike .


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at their respective midnights on new year 's eve , japan 's tower of tokyo and new york 's empire state building will switch on new illuminations and dedicate the ceremonies to the 984-foot tower completed in 1889 by engineer gustave eiffel for the paris universal exposition .


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a restaurant that was moved from the eiffel tower in paris to new orleans has become the latest casualty of louisiana 's depressed economy .


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he said the big bird could be to pensacola what the eiffel tower is to paris and the statue of liberty is to new york .


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but la tour eiffel -lrb- eiffel tower in french -rrb- soared aove it all , surviving to become the definitive symbol of paris .


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today 's highlight in history : one hundred years ago , on march 31 , 1889 , french engineer alexandre gustave eiffel unfurled the french tricolor from the top of the eiffel tower in paris , officially marking its completion .


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`` exactly , '' said philippe gillieron , marketing director for the eiffel tower , who considers the soaring steel girders a symbol of what france means to the world .


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the children sang , played games and cast laurels , toys and flowers before 32 world leaders assembled at trocadero , across the seine from the eiffel tower , to honor france 's 1789 declaration of human rights .


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as the eiffel tower was going up , an enterprising french lady named herminie cadolle was constructing the first bra _ called `` soutien-gorge '' in france , literally `` throat support , '' a euphemism for bosom uplift .


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today 's highlight in history : on march 31 , 1889 , french engineer alexandre gustave eiffel unfurled the french tricolor from atop the eiffel tower in paris , officially marking its completion .


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like alexander eiffel 's tower in paris , the park 's spire debuted to critics ' sneers .


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the fourth annual salon de mars will be held as usual under several acres of white canvas on the lawns of the champs de mars in paris , just by the eiffel tower , from march 25-30 .


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to non-british eyes the city 's crimes , passions and misunderstandings have long tended to take place under the collective shadow of these monoliths ; just as the eiffel tower watches over everything in paris , with accordion accompaniment , and all roads lead past the colosseum in rome .


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however , an even loftier view is available from the the iron-framed , 985ft 11in eiffel tower in paris .


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it has recently fought lengthy planning battles to open restaurants in hampstead , north london , in the piazza di spagna in rome and near the eiffel tower in paris .


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but after thinking about it , it occurs to me that the eiffel tower is certainly `` out of scale '' in its paris neighborhood ; the empire state building was `` out of scale '' when it was built more than a half century ago , and is n't that tower in pisa `` out of scale '' ?


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but as the 158 -passenger craft made the circuit of five stops between the eiffel tower and paris city hall , it began to gather a few legitimate fares , mostly curious tourists who had seen the ticket booths and tented passenger shelters along the river .


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`` but it has its positive side , '' he said , comparing it to the eiffel tower in paris , which was highly controversial when it was built .


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the town 's pride and joy is a prefabricated galvanized-iron church designed by a. g. eiffel , who also designed the eiffel tower in paris .


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visitors to the eiffel tower , france 's most popular tourist attraction , increased by 100,000 last year to 5.7 million .


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mr. shlenker also produced studies that said the pyramid could bring in as many as three million visitors annually and even compared the project to france 's eiffel tower and the statue of liberty in new york harbor .


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in 1917 , the united states took possession of the virgin islands from denmark .


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in 1976 , the new jersey supreme court ruled that karen anne quinlan , in a coma for almost a year , could be disconnected from her respirator .


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ten years ago : president jimmy carter arrived in nigeria on the first official visit by an american president to black africa .


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a television tower more than twice as tall as the eiffel tower collapsed thursday , killing two maintenance workers seeking to strengthen the structure and leaving one missing , authorities said .


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the 2 , 000-foot tower was reduced to a `` tangled pile of metal , '' said c.l .


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`` i do n't think there 's any hope of anyone who was on that tower surviving , '' said patrol sgt .


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the center section of the tower fell with such force that it went into the ground , he said .


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colony is about 25 miles from the iowa and illinois state lines and 200 miles northwest of st. louis .


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the tower belonged to ktvo-tv in kirksville .


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the three workers were in a basket-type carrier at the 500-feet level when the tower collapsed , the patrol said .


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martha huber , 15 , who lives about a quarter of a mile from the tower , witnessed the collapse .


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`` i saw the buggy or thing they run up the tower in , and i saw this coming down and part of the tower with it , '' she said .


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many of the 30 heavy cables that supported the tower snapped when it collapsed , witnesses said .


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the tower did not strike any homes in the mainly rural area , but tore down several trees , she said .


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the tower was erected in september at a cost of $ 2.5 million and was one of the tallest transmission towers in the united states , authorities said .


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the tower 's unusual height was intended to expand ktvo 's viewing area , said kurt sweeney , station news director .


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it increased the station 's audience from 40,000 households to about 120,000 , officials said .


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heilman said the station could be off the air anywhere from two days to two weeks .


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the tower was the maximum height permitted under federal aviation administration rules , said sharon scott , public service specialist for the federal communications commission in kansas city .


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workers using cutting torches , bulldozers and a dog resumed their search today for a workman missing since a 2 , 000-foot television tower collapsed in a heap , killing two other workers .


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the three employees of structural system technology inc. of mclean , va. , were working to reinforce the tower , described as one of the nation 's tallest , when it collapsed in calm weather thursday , authorities said .


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the tower , which belonged to ktvo-tv in kirksville , was erected in september at a cost of $ 2.5 million .


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`` i saw the whole tower coming down , '' said walton , who was not injured .


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he said the station hopes to be back on the air by saturday or sunday using its old transmission tower in lancaster .


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heilman said he could not comment on why the tower , less than a year old , might have needed reinforcement .


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the tower 's height , the maximum permitted under federal aviation administration rules , increased ktvo 's potential audience from 40,000 households to about 120,000 , said kurt sweeney , the station 's news director .


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a 1 , 909-foot television tower near coweta , okla. , collapsed during a severe ice storm dec. 26 .


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no one was hurt in that collapse , which engineers said was caused by 500,000 pounds of ice on the tower .


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a paraplegic in a wheelchair , carrying fireworks and samurai swords , lowered himself on a rope monday from the brooklyn bridge and dangled 75 feet above the east river for more than an hour .


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ramond masa , 40 , of the bronx , who called himself `` america 's no. 1 stuntman , '' claimed he had dangled from the 105-year-old landmark for seven hours .


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about 30 officers from the police harbor unit , emergency service officers and ambulance personnel rushed to the bridge , which connects lower manhattan and brooklyn , after a tugboat operator spotted masa .


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masa said he did it because `` i wanted to inspire these guys -lrb- in wheelchairs -rrb- to get up from the hospital , and do something for their communities and their families . ''


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and the biggest buyer appeared to be warwick stone , bidding by telephone from los angeles , who spent about $ 118,000 on items for his hard rock cafe .


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the restaurant chain paid the top price of $ 5,948 for a pair of glasses with blue and yellow lenses in mother -of-pearl frames embelished with rhinestones .


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an ordinary straw boater of john 's from dobbs of fifth avenue , size 7 -lsb- inches , sold for $ 1,400 .


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it 's attracting interest from people who have never dreamed of going to a sale before , '' said marcus linell , the sotheby 's director who organized the auction .


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but arts reporter godfrey barker of london 's daily telegraph sniffed that sotheby 's `` looks more like a miami beach department store than an art auction house ...


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the employees asked to meet with top management of the tower , which is a communications transmission station as well as a tourist attraction , to press their demand for a raise of 31 cents per hour .


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the eiffel tower is 984 feet high and has elevators to take tourists to three observation levels .


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the eiffel tower stands 984 feet high , with three observation levels , and is one of the few tall structures looking out over the rooftops of a city of five - and six -story buildings .


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as the eiffel tower turns 100 years old , two other world-renowned towers will turn on their flashiest smiles in tribute .


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the tributes will be the first event scheduled in the centennial commemoration of the eiffel tower .


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other towers in toronto , british telecom 's edifice in london , and the olympic towers in calgary and munich also will beam their recognition of the tower that has become the symbol of the french capital .


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`` since the time of the pyramids and the tower of babel , towers have always fascinated people , '' said grazyna szczesniak , of the eiffel tower society .


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`` new orleans is a french city with a french history .


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it 's the perfect place to have a french restaurant like this , '' he said thursday in announcing the closure .


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in 1981 , le restaurant de la tour eiffel was removed from its perch on the eiffel tower , 562 feet above the ground , when engineers noticed the tower was beginning to sag under its weight .


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last april , the partners filed for chapter 13 federal bankruptcy protection from creditors so they could attempt to reorganize .


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with nary a squawk thursday , the santa rosa island authority 's development and leasing committee endorsed a plan to turn pensacola beach 's water tower into a 10 -story pink flamingo .


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the pigeons ignored plastic owls , traps and helium balloons ; they were unruffled by high-frequency sound waves .


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so authorities are now mulling using a sticky paste to dissuade the birds from roosting at hangers at an airpark .


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at a public hearing to address the problem thursday , harry avery said his company makes an adhesive that 's strong enough to alarm the pigeons _ and make them stay away from places they 've encountered it _ but too weak to make the birds permanent fixtures .


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the tower built by alexafel has become the most beloved of french landmarks , but it was not always so .


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in fact , back in 1887 , people living around the tower work site were appalndre gustave eifled by the `` giant and disgraceful skeleton. ''


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a newspaper headline exclaimed , `` the tower is sinking . ''


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`` it 's true , the public was a little mistrusting in the beginning , they were afraid and fought the tower , '' said janine yiatman , eiffel 's great granddaughter .


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but parisians , it seems , understand the human need for the superfluous .


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`` i should be jealous of the tower , '' eiffel once said shortly before his death in 1923 .


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eiffel was 53 years old when his design was selected from 120 others by a government wanting to build a monument expressing the country 's recovery from a humiliating defeat in the franco - prussian war and its achievements in the industrial age a mere 100 years after the french revolution .


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eiffel designed locks for the panama canal and crafted the internal iron skeleton using cross bracing for the statue of liberty .


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eiffel employed these same techniques in creating his ladder to the sky .


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since world war i , the tower has served as a radio and meteorological post and recently was fitted with television broadcasting equipment .


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one man tried to fly from it and was killed when his wings failed .


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in 1923 a bicycle-riding journalist careened down the steps from the top floor to the ground .


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a moutaineer scaled it in 1954 and in 1984 two englishmen parachuted from it .


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other festivities include a sound and light show at the tower june 17 , and an evening of films at the cannes film festival in may , featuring what the poet guillaume apollinaire called `` the shepherdess of the clouds. ''


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the restaurant `` jules verne , '' reached by its own separate elevator in the tower , was remodeled at the same time , and now reservations are needed a month in advance for dinner in the chic gray-and-black room with the spectacular view .


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while thousands of words are being written about the tower in french newspapers and magazines this year , the most eloquent tribute may have been written decades ago by the french architect le corbusier who said the tower was the sum of its creator , its time and its place .


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today is friday , march 31 , the 90th day of 1989 .


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eiffel 's work , however , was denounced by artists , composers and authors who signed a petition condemning the tower as a `` horrid nightmare '' that resembled `` a huge , black factory smokestack. ''


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divided at home , humbled abroad , the french resolutely resist the judgment of a growing number of outsiders that the nation has slipped into the second ranks of world power .


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its influence in africa is melting away .


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and the nation that traces itself back to feisty gauls who stood up to caesar is joining 11 european partners in a dream of unity a popular french thinker calls a `` darwinian nightmare. ''


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when the eiffel tower opened 100 years ago , gillieron said , it marked a new epoch of industrial prowess .


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`` after all , '' he concluded , `` the eiffel tower is as well known to the world as coca-cola . ''


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a two-hour july 14 parade , named `` la marseillaise , '' included chinese break- dancers among the 8,000 participants from around the world .


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frenchmen who date their history back 2,000 years , not 200 , tend to dismiss the revolutionary rage as unseemly .


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many regard image-building abroad as a diversion from pressing problems at home .


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a choir of children from 15 countries , including three from the united states , highlighted a theme of international peace thursday at the start of celebrations for the bicentennial of the french revolution .


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president francois mitterrand , seated between president bush and ivory coast leader felix houphouet-boigny , smiled as the children ran toward the world leaders and put down the laurels .


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smith brought three boys from phoenix and helped train the 48 -member choir , titled `` little singers of the world . ''


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`` the children brought things from their world and shared them with those here today , '' smith said .


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it was as revolutionary as the storming of the bastille , as beautifully engineered as the eiffel tower .


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that great french achievement _ the brassiere _ is 100 years old this year .


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so she came up with a frilly two -part garment _ the first beribboned `` bra. ''


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it was attached to the corset by net , but freed the abdomen , and soon became an altogether separate item .


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suspended from its two shoulder straps , this revolutionary contraption was colorfully called the `` bien-etre , '' or well-being .


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although rooted in the french word for arm -lrb- bras -rrb- , the term brassiere is the english usage .


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the french still call the garment a soutien-gorge .


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`` whereas french women sneak around perhaps not wanting to show that they spend that much money. ''


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americans have bigger bosoms than the french , she said , but she 's using more fabric for everyone these days , `` since the average size has risen from about 34a to 36b , mainly due to the birth-control pill . ''


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a piece of french history goes up for bid april 4 with the auction of the last three available sections of the eiffel tower 's original spiral staircase .


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the sale is to take place in toyko at the hotel okura and will be transmitted by satellite to bidders at the eiffel tower .


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at the time , the tower was the tallest structure ever built , rising 1,000 feet from its base .


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the other sections of the staircase were sold earlier for prices ranging from $ 8,500 to 25,000 .


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after the weekend festival ends , anyone with 25 cents will be able to manipulate the beam or activate random selections from up to 150 computer-driven images .


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one laser can be moved to slice the sky from the vertical to the near-horizontal , though one high-rise north of the park limits the effect in that direction .


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the beam ranges in width from 3 to 5 feet .


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alexander and former mayor terry goddard say the laser show can come to symbolize phoenix , a desert city of sometimes searing heat that has as its logo the fable fire bird rising from ashes .


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the often-startling mixture of periods and styles , from pre-columbian to the avant-garde contemporary which is the salon 's trademark , is as pronounced as ever .


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last year 's event attracted 50,000 people and most serious buying was done by french collectors .


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broadly speaking , art priced at under ffr500,000 sold easily but the market proved sluggish above that figure .


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highly-priced contemporary art was almost impossible to move but specialists in less-speculative fields , such as art deco and african art , reported good sales .


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twenty-four of this year 's dealers have come from abroad , one fewer than in 1991 ; but only two are american , compared with nine two years ago when the art market still was booming .


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although that rate was reduced in december from 18.6 per cent to 5.5 for original art works , - the last of several legislative turnabouts - the news came too late to help the salon .


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levy , who specialises in 20th century french mahogany furniture , is presenting an unusual bookcase with incorporated bottle and cigar racks - ideal , he says , for 'a selfish , refined bachelor . '


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it began last year in basement rooms at the hotel george v and proved so successful it is being repeated from april 1-5 .


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this year 's salon , like the first , will be top-heavy in french 18th century drawings of the sort the local public likes best -lrb- although dealers complain such works are increasingly hard , and ever more expensive , to find -rrb- .


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galerie proute , one of the city 's most learned specialists in drawings and engravings , is showing works by rodin and fragonard .


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dutch -born dealer bob haboldt , who last year had the finest choice of northern european works , is proposing a mix this year with 17th and 18th century french works .


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the film-maker from abroad takes one look at the unknown urban maze and decides to concertina the whole thing into a few instantly identifiable landmarks .


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big ben , the tower of london , buckingham palace .


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from american spinecurdlers like lon chaney 's london after midnight -lrb- 1927 -rrb- and bela lugosi 's dracula -lrb- 1931 -rrb- , to subtler european fare like leni 's waxworks -lrb- 1924 -rrb- and pabst 's pandora 's box -lrb- 1928 -rrb- - both featuring jack the ripper - britain 's capital was a maze of dismal streets and alleys in which evil shadows reared out of fog and pounced on helpless waifs .


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one of the ironies of cultural history is that korda numbered among his friends the writer graham greene .


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greene 's own emergent and distinctive vision of london was being shaped by the downbeat menace of films like alfred hitchcock 's the lodger , the man who knew too much and sabotage .


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as greene was to do in his novels , hitchcock took london by the scruff of its skyline and shook it free both of gothic fog and korda -esque pretension .


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but , unlike the eiffel tower or empire state building , london 's look-out point is miles away from its most notable monuments .


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at 800ft , the tower is 200ft higher than its nearest uk rival , the national westminster tower in the city of london .


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on a clear day , the view from the top can stretch for 30 miles .


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the 580ft post office tower -lrb- now the bt tower -rrb- , which held the record until the natwest tower was built in 1980 , has been closed to the public since 1973 , when a bomb exploded in the restaurant .


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the canary wharf tower will be the tallest office building that can be visited in europe , since frankfurt 's 841ft 6in messeturm is off limits to visitors .


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the world 's tallest tower remains the 1 , 815ft cn tower in toronto , while the uk 's highest structure is the 1 , 265ft itn mast in lincolnshire .


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the canary wharf tower will be open on saturdays and sundays , from 10am to 5pm , from september 12 .


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'i can make hamburgers and big macs and fries .


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i 'm very interested in what our constituency wants from us and how we can do things better .


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most of mcdonald 's top managers have also worked their way up from the bottom , a system he says provides stability and continuity .


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what prevents the culture from becoming inward-looking is the nature of mcdonald 's compact with its 9,000 franchisees , some of whom are now in their third generation .


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'we do n't stand back and say : 'here 's your franchise , pay us your royalty , now sink or swim . '


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mcdonald 's prides itself on imposing uniform standards and business systems throughout its operations , while still instilling in each of its franchisees a spirit of entrepreneurship .


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such was the case with the french farmers , who recently protested against the us stance on agricultural trade by picketing its restaurants and burning effigies of ronald mcdonald .


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displays of good corporate citizenship are not , however , enough to quell frequent resistance to mcdonald 's choice of new sites .


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piazza di spagna opened with blockbuster volumes from day one , and i 've seen the same thing happen all over the world .


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the world 's tallest building would n't be just another office building ; it would be an attraction for the people of los angeles and tourists from around the world .


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i believe that if trump is serious , los angeles should encourage him to build our `` eiffel tower `` on wilshire boulevard .


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champagne flowed , confetti fluttered and 21 guns fired to salute a troupe of perspiring actors who climbed 1,710 steps to the top of the eiffel tower today for the centennial of the parisian landmark .


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balloons and a brass band added to the festivities , in which the 30 huffing and puffing performers followed in the footsteps of alexandre gustave eiffel .


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on march 31 , 1889 , he marked the completion of what was then the world 's tallest tower by climbing 1,000 feet to the top and unfurling a blue , white and red flag .


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not everyone who started at the foot of the tower a century ago with the energetic 55-year-old engineer made it to the top .


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one man , suffering from vertigo , had himself blindfolded at the second level and finished the climb .


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with a powerful rumble from its twin diesel engines , the 10 a.m .


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river bus rhone pulled away from its moorings monday on the maiden voyage of what city officials hope will become the first regular passenger service along the seine since 1935 .


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`` you have to keep your distance from the bateaux mouches , '' he said , pointing to one of the huge tourist boats with several hundred passengers 50 yards upstream .


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most of the passengers on this initial voyage were journalists , who busied themselves during the 45-minute round-trip interviewing each other and speaking for french , japanese , german and italian television cameras about the joys and beauties of river travel as opposed to the hassles and vulgarities of subway and bus transport .


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initially , two batobus -- a combination name formed by its french government sponsors from bateau -lrb- boat -rrb- and autobus -- will run daily routes between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. tickets are expensive compared to subway and bus fares -- $ 5 for a single trip compared to 50 cents for a subway ride .


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for example , the trip between port de la bourdonnais underneath the eiffel tower to quai de montebello across from notre dame cathedral takes 25 minutes , compared to only three minutes on the underground train that follows the same route .


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however , officials are hoping for a steady flow of tourists , who can also buy cheaper all-day or weekly passes , and parisians who want relief from the pressures of the city .


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`` if the idea of the system is to make a profit from parisians by taking them to work , then it is not possible . ''


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however , many parisians remember fondly several weeks in 1972 when subway and train strikes almost brought the city to a standstill .


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early in the show , two men ablaze but in special asbestos suits will ascend the eiffel tower while 53 others jump off it , tied by elastic cords .


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later , rock singer johnny halliday , known as `` the french elvis , '' will roar onto a huge stage , built at the foot of the tower , in the company of 100 leather-jacketed motorcyclists and their bikes .


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from the stage , from barges in the seine , from holes in a giant birthday cake at the palais de chaillot , will emerge music , dancers , tightrope walkers , fashion models , fireworks and laser beams .


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happy 200th anniversary , french revolution !


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this is a time of revolutionary excess and bicentennial one-upsmanship in the french capital .


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not to be outdone by arch-rival chirac , his opponent in a bitter presidential election last year , president francois mitterrand , has invited president bush , 29 other world leaders and an estimated crowd of 2 million to his own party for the 200th anniversary of the storming of the bastille , july 14 .


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promoters for chirac 's eiffel tower party , directed by olivier massart , describe it as an event that `` combines jules verne and fellini -- an enormous naive event that mixes the wildest imagination with the glory of industrial performances .


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mitterrand 's fete is more playful , reflecting the elfin personality of jean-paul goude , a veteran american and french advertising man .


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goude 's show will also benefit from mitterrand 's position as commander -in- chief of the french military .


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in addition to 8,000 extras , 1,500 drummers and a 90-foot steam-belching train engine with 20 men pounding on oil drums , 3,000 french soldiers will join the parade .


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director massart , who seems to be benefiting mainly from chirac 's friendship with reagan , will have 3,500 extras , 300 fashion models , 100 accordionists and 20 international stars , ranging from french crooner charles aznavour to stevie wonder .


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the chirac spectacle will be rudely interrupted by a commercial for citroen , the french car maker .


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and massart 's decision to install a `` noah 's ark `` sequence in the middle of a historical theme , which begins with the french revolution , has left american television director walter c. miller puzzled .


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`` we go from the french revolution to noah 's ark. it 's just not chronological . ''


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another worry for miller , a veteran of big spectacles who staged the inauguration of president bush among other events , has to do with the tower itself .


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the 1 , 000-foot-high tower , constructed by french engineer gustave eiffel for the world 's fair of 1889 , has a bad , as miller put it in television terms `` aspect ratio . ''


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there is no way to show a performer and the tower at the same time .


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the chinese portion of his `` parade of planetary tribes `` -- a giant drum pulled down the street by cyclists with dancers from the beijing opera and flailing martial artists , was canceled because of the recent political turmoil in china .


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soviet officials objected to goude 's idea of having kremlin guards goose-stepping down the street to african music while a ballerina danced with a bear .


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citizens from brittany refused to march in a goude scene that they claimed made them look like comic strip characters .


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finally , parisians of all stripes are fed up with both political leaders for the inconvenience that their respective parties will cause drivers .


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he also invited dozens of leaders from the world 's poorest nations to meet with the rich nations ' leaders .


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`` ten million parisians and inhabitants of the suburbs are preparing to live a weeklong nightmare . ''


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the question is : what kind of pan-european society will emerge from the coming boom ?


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british prime minister margaret thatcher 's vision is of unrestricted freedom for business to invest capital all over the continent .


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she imagines a new europe built like the eiffel tower but with a very shaky foundation .


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one disturbing trend in britain is so-called flexibilization , which uses part-time , free-lance , on-call and temporary workers as well as unorganized home workers .


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the opposing vision of the new europe , associated with french president francois mitterrand , also includes free markets but insists on a base line of democratic rights for citizens to a livable wage , workplace democracy , adequate health care , excellent schools and decent housing .


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having grown up with the sight of the eiffel tower , president mitterrand knows that the base must correspond proportionally to the height if the structure is to endure .


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president mitterrand thus wants to promote a european community that is not just a free-trade zone but an international society whose citizens are committed to a decent life .


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this downward spiral for working people feared by president mitterrand has already begun in the united states , where unionized workers struggle to protect their modest gains not only against pressures from right-to-work states , but pressures from oppressive sweatshop nations like indonesia and singapore .


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it tried instead to shove down the workers ' throats a thatcher -type contract , allowing it to sub-contract jobs , eliminate long-established job rights , compel miners to work on holidays and sundays , weaken health and safety provisions , reduce take-home pay for some workers , extend working hours and reduce health-care benefits , which are crucial to the people who risk their lives underground every day pulling coal from the earth .


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but the odds against them are stacked with the republican -dominated courts and most politicians far more interested in the freedom of capital than the freedom of human beings .


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in a report released to the city council tuesday night , city manager mark scott said his five-month investigation found that decision-makers failed from the start to keep their eyes on the bottom line .


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`` i was in college at the time , '' joked councilman robert k. tanenbaum -lrb- who , in fact , graduated from uc berkeley in the mid-1960s -rrb- .


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`` the civic center project suffered continually from 'fast-track ' processes and from failure to set clear , up-front objectives , '' he concluded .


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between 1987 and the end of 1989 , the construction cost of the final phase -- the library , the police station and the outdoor structures -- rose from the jones company 's $ 43.6 million original bid to roughly $ 53 million in november of last year , but `` staff wishes to be cautious in characterizing case and responsibility , '' scott said .


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`` fifty years from now , people are going to say , 'what a bright group of people they must have been to build these beautiful buildings , ' `` salter added .


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a dozen single-engine planes from van nuys airport braved thorny cacti and federales worried about drug smugglers to land during the thanksgiving weekend at this town 's tiny airstrip .


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`` we 're lucky we have a harbor here with plenty of fish , otherwise , the poor would starve , '' said jose luis nuno , as he helped the pilots and their families unload plastic bags full of cargo friday evening at the airstrip .


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the annual pilgrimage from van nuys airport is something of an occasion in this town of 20,000 .


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at the end of journey , a five-hour trip that requires skill to avoid overshooting the one paved runway and landing in the cacti , the 30 americans were welcomed with cold beer and pots of fresh ceviche , an appetizer of raw yellowtail caught earlier in the day and marinated with spices and lime .


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the participants gather donations of clothing , toys and medical supplies during the year from friends and fellow workers .


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ann hagen , a retired medical technician from malibu , spent much of her spare time this past year washing and repairing hundreds of used teddy bears and other stuffed animals in preparation for the trip .


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`` i feel like santa claus , '' hagen said friday as she handed out toys to children at the airport .


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after sampling more than 20 local specialties , including fresh tuna salad and marinated giant squid , the guests were given small gifts , such as abalone shells and black coral necklaces carved from a nearby reef .


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much of the village , which is tucked between a group of arid hills , has dirt roads lined with wooden buildings built by the french when they discovered copper here in the 1880s .


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as retail sales slump in britain , the country 's biggest stores are again clamoring for repeal of the law that prevents them from opening on sunday .


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still , seven -day- a-week shopping might well spawn a new spending binge , giving fresh life to the country 's inflation problem , warns leo doyle , a kleinwort benson securities economist .


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mr. doyle argues that in the medium term , freer opening hours could prompt more impulse buying .


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the government says the art collection , which includes more than 70 paintings by european masters and 18th-century english silverware , is not part of the national treasure and that proceeds from the sale would be used to finance the country 's economic programs .


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however , criminals in africa used new intercontinental air links to increase the domestic drug trade , while domestic consumption of cocaine grew in south and central america , according to the survey .


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antiques and art from the sumptuous central london offices of polly peck international , the failed fruit-to-electronics conglomerate , will go on sale feb. 19 as court-appointed administrators try to settle the company 's debts .


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while city officials say they intended all along to pay the $ 3 million annual bond obligations out of the general budget , that is also how much they expected to collect from mr. schlenker 's ventures .


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asked why their team wished to climb everest , choi said : `` because it is the highest ...


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a group of veteran south korean climbers set out wednesday with hopes of conquering mount everest , the world 's highest peak , to celebrate the seoul olympics .


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last year , heo young-ho became the second korean to conquer the world 's highest mountain .


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one part of the group is to climb everest , while another plans to climb 27 , 932-foot mount lhotse , the world 's fourth -highest mountain and one of everest 's sister peaks .


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so many people all over the world have longed to go there .


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it 's just too much , '' said rep. mary vanderlinde in south dakota , where this year 's legislature designated the triceratops , a plant -eating dinosaur , as the state fossil and black hills gold as the state jewelry .


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state and local officials are trying to turn the fossil beds south of interstate 84 into a tourist attraction to boost the economy .


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utah made the allosaurus the state fossil , and hawaii 's legislature approved making the nene , a native goose , the state bird , and the hibiscus the state flower .


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hawaii _ legislature approved bills making the nene , a native goose , the state bird , and the hibiscus the state flower ; bills are before gov. john waihee for approval .


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yellow hibiscus is the state flower of hawaii , but postrzech does n't recommend them for evening luaus because `` they close at the end of the day . ''


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the fate of these and other creatures was debated in legislatures across the nation this year , part of the time-honored custom of naming official state symbols for everything from fish to fossils , from mollusks to muffins .


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after the gold measure was passed by the house in january , lawmakers adopted a second resolution naming vanderlinde the state 's official jewel because she takes gold shots for arthritis .


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the florida house voted in april to name the key lime pie the official state pie , inspired by a legislative report that recommended the honor as `` an excellent way to promote a genuine florida product , since the pie can only be properly made with key limes from florida . ''


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in some other actions so far this year , georgia designated the tiger swallowtail the state butterfly , but the west virginia house refused to act on a senate measure naming the monarch butterfly the state insect .


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last month in pennsylvania , a house committee named a long-extinct aquatic creature _ phacops rana _ the state fossil after 100 bucks county schoolchildren trooped into the committee room and performed skits and gave speeches supporting the appellation .


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elaine knapp , editor with the council of state governments in lexington , ky. , defended the practice of naming symbols .


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here are some of the measures that have come before state legislatures this session : california _ senate passed and assembly is considering bill to make the west coast swing the official state dance of california ; assembly passed but senate put off a bill to make banana slug the official state mollusk .


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florida _ house voted to make key lime pie the official state pie , but senate rules chairman dempsey barron favors sweet potato pie ; house also named mayakka fine sand as the official state soil , but measure faces uncertain future in the senate .


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georgia _ tiger swallowtail named official state butterfly .


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idaho _ hagerman horse fossil was named the state fossil ; senate rejected moves to name the silver tipped sagebrush the state bush and the white sturgeon the state fish .


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`` my old kentucky home '' remains the state song .


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louisiana _ legislature considering a resolution naming a poster , called `` louisiana , the spice of life '' and designed by a woman in rapides parish , the official state poster .


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maryland _ legislature refused to change the official state sport from jousting to lacrosse ; also rejected a bill to make the blue crab the state crustacean and to reclassify the baltimore checkerspot butterfly from the state arthropodic emblem to the state insect .


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massachusetts _ house considering bill to name corn the official state vegetable ; house has passed and sent to senate measure naming the tabby cat the official cat of the commonwealth .


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new york _ legislature passed bill earlier this month that would make the sea scallop the state seashell .


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pennsylvania _ house committee approved legislation that would name phacops rana , a long-extinct small water animal , the state fossil ; house passed but senate has not acted on bill naming photuris pensylvanica the state firefly .


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south carolina _ bill making praying mantis the state insect awaiting governor 's signature ; joint conference committee considering bill to make the the loggerhead sea turtle the state reptile .


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utah _ legislature designated the allosaurus the state fossil .


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west virginia _ senate passed but house did not consider naming the monarch butterfly the state insect .


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although it seems like any excuse would do for a luau , such tropical-themed outdoor celebrations should be in full bloom this weekend , because monday is the 30th anniversary of hawaii 's statehood .


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with plenty of resources at local party-favor shops and ethnic grocery stores -- perhaps catering to the 150,000 estimated hawaiians in los angeles -- angelenos can easily bring a little of the 50th state into their neck of the tropics .


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first , scout your yard and the yards of your friendly neighbors for flowers and shrubbery , or visit a flower shop or the downtown flower mart .


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one might set out souvenirs brought back from hawaii , such as shell necklaces , ukeleles or drums .


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poo poos -lrb- hors d'oeuvres -rrb- may consist of sweet breads , fruit salad and madacamia nuts , one of hawaii 's main exports .


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you ca n't get lava rocks here unless you bring them back from hawaii . ''


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or , mangold suggests , good-humored guests may opt to look like tourists in hawaii , with white pants , straw hats , sunglasses -- and leis or cameras around their necks .


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just as vacationers to hawaii are greeted with flower leis , your guests can be greeted with `` aloha , '' and then draped with a lei .


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entertainment , which often tells the story of hawaii , can range from one performer dancing to taped music to a 10 -person choreographed troupe accompanied by a four -piece band .


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this time of year , one might hear a verse of hawaii 's national song , `` hawaii pono'i , '' which means `` hawaii , together , we stand . ''


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styles of hawaii , 2603 pacific coast highway , torrance , -lrb- 213 -rrb- 326-2151 .


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orchids of hawaii , 3703 provost ave. , bronx , new york 10466 .


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to handcraft hawaiian implements for a luau , see the august , 1989 issue of crafts magazine , which shows how to make flower leis , hair flowers , grass skirts and table decorations such as palm trees , hawaiian fish and pineapple centerpieces .


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transfer : aspen is 204 miles from denver .


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transfer : aspen 204 miles from denver local airport .


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but the former new york city business analyst , like others who chased dreams to aspen in the 1960s and 1970s , now sees the town 's `` wild '' side being squeezed out .


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aspen 's population is changing , and its long struggle to figure out just how much growth it can handle is intensifying .


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`` back then , coming to aspen was analagous to dropping out , '' says braudis .


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`` i came to aspen to get away from traffic jams , negative newspapers , crowding , pollution _ and all those things have caught up with me. ''


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`` the core of aspen has become really manicured and buffed .


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the death of the ski bum is somewhat symbolic of what 's happened to aspen . ''


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discussing what 's happened to aspen has become something of an obsession here following back-to-back elections .


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the transformation from funky , rustic retreat to glitzy resort is n't unique to aspen ; it 's happened in other upscale tourist towns .


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unlike its development-hungry neighbors on colorado 's western slope , aspen 's problem is how to work with the developers knocking at the door and still keep the qualities that attracted dreamers in the first place : a clean environment , a social conscience , a sense of community .


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aspen 's population , estimated at about 5,000 during the summer and four times that in the winter , is one of the most educated per capita in the nation .


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but aspen is less and less of an escape for anybody but the ultra-rich .


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some say those limits only drove up the price of existing properties , particularly in the late 1980s when the aspen skiing co. began a marketing push following a mini- recession early in the decade .


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by 1989 , the average price of an aspen home reached $ 1 million .


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it 's estimated half aspen 's workers live down valley and commute .


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braudis predicts that within a year or two , pitkin county will be forced to form a paid or partially paid fire department because aspen is losing the people who volunteered for year-round services like the fire department and the mountain rescue team .


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`` walking to work sometimes it 's kind of like a movie set , '' says steve wicks , 36 , who moved to aspen when he was 15 and now owns aspen drug .


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cliff camron , manager of the aspen athletic club , has the same problem .


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offsetting the migration down valley is an influx of the super-wealthy , who often live in aspen only part of the year , and the poor , mostly hispanics who take the service jobs ski bums used to hold , says braudis .


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aspen still has its resident stars from earlier , more off-beat times , like singer john denver and writer hunter s. thompson , but they are eclipsed during the resort 's busiest weeks by a galaxy of glamorous part-time residents , from don johnson to donald trump .


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that 's probably typical of most high-dollar resorts , but it 's never been true of aspen . ''


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the aspens for all the american glitz and hype , aspen is difficult to hate and easy to love .


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these days aspen is trying to return just a little to its humble roots - or at least take itself a little less seriously .


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they have to be if aspen is n't to miss the bus .


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with 'upstart ' resorts like breckenridge and vail doing so well , aspen has had to own up to more than a touch of 'fat cat ' arrogance in the past that has alienated some of its clients - something even aspen can ill-afford during a recession .


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the skiing at aspen itself is on aspen mountain - also known as ajax .


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the next resort along - aspen highlands - is the maverick resort of the four , the only one which is not controlled by the aspen ski company .


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the next resort is tiehack-buttermilk , a mountain tailor-made for beginners but with secret powder caches where you might find a few wise skiers who have drifted across surreptitiously from aspen .


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aspen 's powder tends to get 'skied out ' on the day it falls .


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unlike aspen , snowmass also has some excellent nursery slopes .


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aspen : heights : resort 7,945 ft. skiing : 11,212 ft difficulty of runs : beginner 0 % intermediate 35 % advanced 65 % aspen highlands : heights : resort 8,000 ft. skiing : 11,800 ft. difficulty of runs : beginner 23 % intermediate 48 % advanced 29 % .


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although you can fly there direct in 20 minutes from aspen in a light aircraft - past the maroon bells and some of the most stunning peaks in colorado - crested butte is in a remote corner of colorado and winters used to be hard for the miners .


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sun valley sun valley was america 's most famous ski resort before aspen was really thought of as a winter resort .


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vail vail in colorado is aspen minus history plus powder -bowls .


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however hard it tries , vail can never be an aspen - even if it wanted to be - because it was only invented 30 years ago .


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this winter vail / beaver creek and aspen have taken the unprecedented step of burying the hatchet and offering skiers a two -centre ski holiday with a joint lift pass .


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the aspens the big news about aspen this year is the acquisition of the resort 's nearest neighbour , aspen highlands .


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absorbing its rival gives aspen four ski mountains and greatly enhances its claim to be america 's number one ski resort - a far cry from its tatty beginnings when the early miners shivered in the camp that was once called ute city .


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this year sees the 100th anniversary of the legislation that ruined aspen and other silver -mining towns : the us government dropped the silver standard and aspen went bust .


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today aspen is described as hollywood on ice .


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aspen itself has 75 picturesque trails squeezed into a fairly steep forested mountain served by a fast , modern gondola , the silver queen .


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there is good snowcat skiing on the back of aspen mountain .


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tiehack- buttermilk is ideal for beginners , but it has secret powder caches where you might find a few wise skiers who have drifted across from aspen .


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snowmass , although a lot less fashionable than aspen , has more ski visitors than the other three resorts put together .


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but there is only one aspen : the atmosphere is fun , the town is pretty and the natives are actually quite friendly .


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aspen has had to own up to a little 'fat cat ' arrogance in the past that alienated some of its clients .


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it realised , none too soon , that skiers did not owe the town a living , and so to ensure their continued custom , aspen has spent more on updating its lift systems and ski infrastructure .


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aspen highlands : resort : 8,000 ft. skiing : 11,800 ft. difficulty of runs : beginner 23 per cent ; intermediate 48 per cent ; advanced 29 per cent .


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it also has so many fur coats that aspen , its real colorado equivalent , seems like a bastion of greenpeace by comparison .


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like aspen , switzerland 's most famous ski resort is not as snooty as you might expect .


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transfer : beaver creek : 110 miles from denver .


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would that there were no traffic , but two-lane highway 82 leading into aspen tends to clog near curtain times. ; began in '40s ; the summer arts festivals in the mountains started in aspen in july 1949 , two years after the ski area opened in 1947 .


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chicago industrialist walter paepcke , one of the investors in the aspen ski co. , brought 2,000 people , the minneapolis symphony orchestra and albert schweitzer to the remote mountain town for the goethe bicentennial convocation and music festival. ;


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that first effort to make aspen a center for artists and intellectuals as well as athletes was such a success it spawned the nine-week aspen music festival , the aspen institute for humanistic studies , the aspen physics institute , the aspen music school and the international design conference .


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-lrb- other arts groups -- dance aspen and the aspen theatre company -- were introduced later. -rrb- ;


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following aspen 's lead ; a growing number of ski resorts are learning it pays to take culture to the mountaintop for the summer .


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aspen still dominates the picture , though tiny , laid-back telluride is gaining prominence. ; telluride -lrb- population 1,300 -rrb- hosts an internationally known film festival over the labor day weekend ; a composer symposium with premiere performances at the sheridan opera house in july ; and a chamber music concert series in the park in august .


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

while aspen attracts the older crowd , telluride caters to those in their 30s and younger. -rrb- ;


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

the aspen opera theater center season includes two performances of mozart 's `` the magic flute `` at the wheeler opera house .


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

the aspen central reservations office boasts of $ 35- $ 45 b & bs and houses renting for $ 350 for a seven - night week -lrb- add a 7.5 percent tax -rrb- . ; snowmass , about 10 miles from aspen 's whirl but with arts attractions of its own -- the snowmass/aspen repertory theater and the anderson ranch -lrb- craft -rrb- arts center -- offers packages starting at $ 45 per person per night in townhouses . ;


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

-lrb- grocery and gasoline prices in both snowmass and aspen are higher than in glenwood springs 41 miles down the road . -rrb- ;


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

aspen performance tickets are pricey , averaging about $ 25 each .


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

package deals ; packages that combine lodging and festival tickets , and sometimes transportation to and from aspen , are good buys .


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

a music in the mountains package , starting at $ 40 per person per night , includes four nights ' lodging and two tickets to the music festival . ; aspen music tours offers a five-night package that includes deluxe accommodations at the hotel aspen , a three-day pass to the festival , and round-trip air fare on united express/aspen airways and united airlines from the west coast , beginning at $ 673 plus state and local taxes. ;


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

where to stay ; fred and marjorie and other veterans of many summers at the music festival share the costs of renting a house or condominium in aspen or nearby snowmass , then invest in season passes -lrb- $ 395 for the nine-week season -rrb- that offer a discount on each event , from concerts to rehearsals to master classes . ; vail valley , which includes vail and beaver creek resorts , has 25,000 beds , the least expensive of which runs about $ 49 a night in summer .


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

continental express and united express fly between denver 's stapleton airport and aspen airport .


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

major airlines also fly to grand junction , a 2 1/2-hour drive from aspen . ; for accommodations information and reservations , contact aspen central reservations , -lrb- 800 -rrb- 26 - aspen or -lrb- 303 -rrb- 925-9000 .


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

for aspen music festival information , call aspen central reservations or write to 425 rio grande place , aspen 81611 . ;


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

for information on the aspen music tours packages with united express/aspen airways , call -lrb- 800 -rrb- 33 - aspen . ;


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

for the anderson ranch arts center at snowmass , call -lrb- 303 -rrb- 923-3181 . ; -lrb- check -rrb- breckenridge -- located southwest of denver in summit county , it 's an easy two-hour drive via i-70 and u.s. 9 .


Question: how far is it from denver to aspen

box 1254 , breckenridge 80424 . ; -lrb- check -rrb- telluride -- located in southwestern colorado , a seven-hour drive from denver , telluride is served by continental express and united express from denver or mesa airlines from albuquerque or phoenix . ; for festival information , call -lrb- 303 -rrb- 728-6079 .


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box 653 , telluride 81435 . ; -lrb- check -rrb- vail -- the vail valley , encompassing several resorts along i-70 , is a three-hour drive from denver .


Question: what county is modesto california in

mapes ranch , a 5 , 600-acre site of largely flat pastures about 10 miles west of modesto in stanislaus county .


Question: what county is modesto california in

modesto , calif. , stanislaus county -- $ 92 million of waste energy revenue bonds , via a prudential-bache capital funding group .


Question: what county is modesto california in

eight rural sites in the san joaquin valley , including four near fresno , were selected friday as semifinalists in the heated competition to become home to a new university of california campus .


Question: what county is modesto california in

two areas near modesto and others close to merced and porterville also were among the eight enormous tracts of farmland and ranches that will be much scrutinized over the next few months by the uc board of regents .


Question: what county is modesto california in

on the other hand , visalia 's development director , michael ramsey , predicted that the disappointment of not being picked will be eased by the selection of another location in tulare county , near porterville .


Question: what county is modesto california in

don pedro , 3,000 acres of rolling hills 40 miles east of modesto and a few miles south of the don pedro reservoir .


Question: what county is modesto california in

also bisected by california 132 , the location is in tuolumne county .


Question: what county is modesto california in

table mountain , 5,200 acres just off california 41 on bluffs overlooking the san joaquin river .


Question: what county is modesto california in

although this site is in madera county , it is only 12 miles north of downtown fresno , actually closer to that city than any of the three sites in fresno county .


Question: what county is modesto california in

academy , 30 miles northeast of downtown fresno in fresno county .


Question: what county is modesto california in

the 3,300 acres of oak -covered hills and grasslands are off california 168 .


Question: what county is modesto california in

watts valley , also near california 168 and 30 miles northeast of fresno .


Question: what county is modesto california in

trimmer springs , 2,100 acres about 25 miles east of fresno and 10 miles north of california 180 .


Question: what county is modesto california in

frazier valley in tulare county , about eight miles north of porterville and five miles east of california 65 .


Question: what county is modesto california in

for example , madera county supervisor gail mcintyre pointedly described the two modesto area sites as `` so far out in the boonies that they do n't seem realistic . ''


Question: what county is modesto california in

one day this week city and county of denver , colo .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

typical of that trend , white said , is the lowering of the legal blood alcohol standard for drunk drivers to 0.08 % , which is expected to result in more drunk-driving convictions statewide while having less impact in ventura county , where prosecutors already file drunk-driving charges on blood-alcohol levels as low as 0.06 % .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

the legal limit under california law is 0.10 % .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

a blood-alcohol level of 0.10 % is considered legally drunk .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

former ram offensive lineman doug france had a blood-alcohol level of at least .13 -- well above the legal limit of .08 -- when he was involved in a two -car crash that killed a laguna hills woman , the california highway patrol said tuesday .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

under state law , the legal limit at which a person is considered to be driving under the influence of alcohol is .10


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

in january , after a vote by the state legislature , the legal limit for alcohol in a driver 's bloodstream dropped from .10 % percent to .08 % .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

if rausis ' blood-alcohol exceeded 0.10 % , the limit allow by california law , he could have faced felony charges of drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

with a stern warning to drinkers to stay off the road , gov. george deukmejian signed legislation friday to toughen california 's drunk driving standard -- dropping the legal blood alcohol level from .10 % to .08 %


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

california law recognizes .10 as the legal limit .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

this year in california there have been several significant changes in the drunk driving laws , most notably the new , lower blood alcohol level of .08 % as the legal limit .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

another new state law enacted in july , called the admin per se law , gives police and chp the authority to take away a person 's driver 's license immediately if their blood alcohol level is .10 % or higher , marinez said .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

under the new law , the existing blood alcohol standard of .10 will drop to .08 .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

drunk drivers will have one more obstacle come midnight , as a new state law takes effect that lowers the legal blood alcohol limit from 0.10 to 0.08 .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

the new law , which has not received as much public attention as another measure lowering the legal standard for intoxication from a blood-alcohol level of 0.1 % to 0.08 % , provides that the courts can order cars sold upon a third drunk-driving conviction over a seven-year period .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

hilbert , an unemployed former firefighter , was sentenced after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol , driving with a blood-alcohol content above the legal limit of 0.10 % and driving with a revoked license , all misdemeanors .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

carey was given a breath test at the scene that showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 % , almost twice the state 's legal limit for intoxication of 0.10 % , authorities said .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

a breath test showed the driver , harold keith lone , had a blood-alcohol level of 0.27 % , more than three times the new legal limit of 0.08 % .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

prosecutors said depardieu 's blood contained twice the legal alcohol limit of 0.08 % after the july 20 accident , which occurred as the actor drove to a hotel after shooting scenes for a new movie .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

`` i think there 's no question when it 's .08 % that it is definitely impaired . ''


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

under the new law that takes effect jan. 1 , a driver with .08 % or higher is presumed to be drunk ; however , those with lower levels could also be cited for drunk driving .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

although he felt unimpaired , he had downed enough beer after work that a breathalyzer test showed his blood alcohol level to register .08 % , the new legal limit .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

to their delight , law enforcement officers say the new law -- which lowers the legal limit from .10 % to .08 % -- is allowing them to snare a new kind of drunk driver .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

almost 10 % , or 11,000 , drivers arrested statewide so far this year by the california highway patrol had a level of .10 % or less . -rrb-


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

but the tougher laws have also had some unintended consequences : many more drivers are choosing to fight the charges in court , believing they are unimpaired at the .08 %


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

`` it 's understandable that a driver feels that way , but from a scientist 's point of view , a driver is impaired at .08 % , '' said dr. lonnie bristow , a physician and trustee with the american medical assn. , which prefers a .05 % legal limit .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

`` increased conviction is increased deterrent as far as we are concerned -- the .08


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

traffic experts believe this sanction will probably do more to keep drunk drivers off the road than the .08 %


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

under the license suspension law , officers can seize the licenses of those arrested on suspicion of drunk driving if their blood alcohol level is .08 % or higher .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

blood-alcohol tests administered to covey after the accident showed that he did have a blood-alcohol level above 0.10 % , the level at which a driver is legally intoxicated , yackle said .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

a 150-pound person could have three drinks in an hour and still register below the .10


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

california is one of only four states to adopt the restrictive .08


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

sen. bill leonard -lrb- r - big bear -rrb- , the author of the law , said medical evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that people are intoxicated when their blood alcohol level reaches .08 % .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

the amount of alcohol that will produce a .08


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

but for a person who weighs between 90 and 149 pounds , three drinks consumed during a two-hour period is almost certain to produce a blood alcohol level of .08 , according to the chp .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

after years of rejecting the lower level , the legislature agreed this year to adopt the .08


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

chp commissioner maury hannigan said the adoption of the .08


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

the ventura county district attorney 's office , viewed as one of the toughest in the state in dealing with drunk-driving offenses , plans to aggressively prosecute repeat offenders under the state 's new car forfeiture law , which took effect monday .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

reviewing other new laws that took effect this week , officials of the district attorney 's office portrayed them generally as a refinement of existing state laws rather than any significant departure from the past .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

in december , hilbert was ordered held in lieu of $ 250,000 bail after a prosecutor said his blood-alcohol level had often been three times the legal limit , adding , `` i can not believe this guy has n't killed someone . ''


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

a lancaster woman was sentenced to 16 months in prison wednesday in the death of a motorcyclist whom she hit while driving under the influence of alcohol .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

the report also said that carey had been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in 1981 and had been attending an alcohol -treatment program since the 1987 accident .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

a state assembly committee will look into the hiring practices and supervision at laidlaw transit , the largest school transportation contractor in los angeles , following the arrests of two laidlaw employees accused of driving buses while drunk .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

katz also said several state agencies agreed monday to improve screening of applicants for jobs as bus drivers .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

katz said representatives of the department of justice , the california highway patrol and the department of motor vehicles agreed to speed up state fingerprint checks and stop issuing temporary driver certifications as of june 1 .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

currently , 618 drivers in the state are working with temporary permits while their backgrounds are checked .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

however , some district administrators expressed concern that the state 's actions could lead to a shortage of drivers .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

on monday , daley said he also plans to train staff members who have contact with drivers , such as dispatchers , field supervisors and trainers , in ways to detect and report suspected drug or alcohol use .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

he said mixing alcohol and the transport of children is `` unacceptable , unconscionable . ''


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

under a plea agreement with prosecutors , kenneth c. swofford , 55 , who plays the principal in the show , could be sentenced june 13 to a maximum of four years in state prison for the accident that left george charouhas , 37 , disabled with a spine injury , said deputy dist .


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the level of injuries in this case lead me to believe that this ought to be a state prison sentence . ''


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

a ventura county woman had a blood-alcohol content more than twice the level of legal drunkenness when she was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving last week , authorities said , the night before she was arrested again after an accident that killed three young men and injured two others .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

the tests are being conducted on her blood .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

the posted speed limit on winding aliso hills drive , where the accident occurred saturday , is 45 m.p.h. , said daily , who added that samples of france 's blood were taken three hours after the crash .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

raider safety stacey toran had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit when he drove his car into a tree and was killed , the coroner 's office said thursday .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

the results of the toxicological examination put toran 's blood alcohol level at .32 percent when he was killed shortly before midnight last saturday , county coroner 's spokesman bob dambacher said .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

to reach a blood alcohol level of .32 percent , a 154-pound person would have to quickly drink 10 bottles of beer or 10 ounces of whiskey , according to the american medical association 's `` family medical guide . ''


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

toran weighed about 200 pounds , so he presumably would have had to have consumed more alcohol to reach the .32


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

`` wow , that 's getting almost to the unconscious level , '' said dr. ernest noble , professor of alcohol studies at ucla .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

noble said that a .40 percent level usually causes death by alcohol poisoning .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

traffic accidents claimed at least six lives in los angeles county over the labor day weekend and caused more than 50 fatalities across the state -- a pace that appeared to be slightly greater than last year .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

chp officer andy guitierrez attributed some of the increase in drunk driving arrests to a recent lowering of the state 's legal blood alcohol limit .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

aguilar and other medical officials gathered in front of the medical center 's emergency room to decry the latest loss of state funding for los angeles county 's trauma care system and urge passage of a state liquor tax initiative .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

`` the way things are going now , the system 's going to die , '' said dr. michael trainor , an emergency room doctor and president of the state chapter of the american college of emergency physicians .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

rausis ' blood-alcohol specimen measured 0.01 % alcohol by weight , according to a spokeswoman for the chp .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

suspicion of alcohol involvement stemmed from an ice chest containing beer that was reportedly scattered across i-8 after rausis ' car overturned .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

deukmejian said he will also consider signing another drunk driving bill -- one that would impose an even tighter standard for truck drivers by making a blood alcohol level of .04 the legal limit for those who drive for a living .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

under the proposal , commercial drivers who are caught with any amount of alcohol at all in their system would be kept off the job for 24 hours .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

failure to have those standards in place by 1994 would cost the state an estimated $ 43 million in lost federal highway funds the first year and $ 86 million each year thereafter .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

deukmejian said he has not decided whether he agrees with efforts in congress to tighten drunk driving standards even more -- to a blood alcohol level of .05 % .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

`` studies indicate that when somebody 's blood alcohol content level is .05 % or higher for most individuals their driving is impaired , '' deukmejian said .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

this chart shows the percentage of alcohol in the blood , for various weight levels , after one hour from the time the first drink was consumed .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

kaz deyna , a member of five socker championship teams , had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit when he crashed into a parked truck and died on sept. 1 , the san diego county coroner 's office said tuesday .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

his license was temporarily suspended after the third conviction , but , according to state department of motor vehicles records , he was driving legally at the time of the accident .


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Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

wendlandt was arrested in milwaukee on feb. 10 , after he was in a street fight , authorities there said .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

not only was he arrested , but he was stripped of his driver 's license , a second result of the state 's new and tougher drunk driving laws .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

only three other states -- utah , maine and oregon -- have legal blood alcohol limits as low as california .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

as a result , more drivers have been arrested on state highways than ever before , and drunk driving convictions are approaching an all-time high .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

legal limit , 16 % more drivers have been arrested for drunk driving on the state 's highways and 10 % more drivers were convicted of the crime during the first ten months of this year than during the same period in 1989 .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

they are drivers who were borderline under the old legal limit but clearly can be prosecuted now , officials say .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

limit -- a claim that medical authorities dispute .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

the controversy over the lower limit also has been responsible for a rise of as much as 20 % in jury trials in some areas , such as orange county .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

at the lower blood alcohol levels drivers do n't `` feel they were under the influence .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

`` but obviously we would n't be picking up the .08s


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

after being pulled over , he scored a low but still illegal blood alcohol level on the hand-held breath analysis device .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

usually , the introduction of a new law heightens awareness of a problem , which , in turn , tends to boost arrests and convictions , said cliff helander , research manager of the dmv 's alcohol research unit .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

many experts say that by the time an intoxicated driver is punished by the legal system , he has long since forgotten his crime .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

but many others say the double punch of yanking a license and the lower drinking limit is effective .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

lowering the blood alcohol limit for suspected drunk drivers in california has caused an increase in the number of arrests and conviction rates statewide .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

alcohol limit -- a headline in monday 's editions of the times incorrectly stated the legal blood alcohol limit for california motorists .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

`` our issue is not alcohol , it 's driving while under the influence of alcohol , '' roark said .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

other party tips include having someone play the role of bartender rather than have the alcohol free flowing , and to stop serving alcohol an hour before the party 's end , roark said .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

under this new law , put into effect jan. 1 , there were 16 % more drivers arrested in southern california for drunk driving on state highways , and 10 % more drivers were convicted of the crime during the first 10 months of this year than during the same period in 1989 .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

the motorcyclist linked to the death of a jogger along sweetwater road in bonita on nov. 5 has been charged with one count of vehicular manslaughter and two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol , the district attorney 's office said .


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if convicted on the charges , all felonies , covey could be sentenced to a maximum of four years in state prison , a district attorney 's spokeswoman said .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

as the 1990s begin , law enforcement officers will be armed with a new blood alcohol standard that will reduce the amount of alcohol one can drink before being presumed drunk .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

but that same person would now have to limit the number of drinks to two in an hour to stay below the new standard .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

tonight , he noted , nearly every chp officer in the state will be on duty and looking for drunk drivers .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

but beyond new year 's eve , state officials hope the stricter standard will help persuade drinkers to change their habits permanently and avoid driving while intoxicated .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

even at as low as a .02 blood alcohol level , drinking can interfere with a driver 's judgment , he said .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

blood alcohol standard to reduce the number of deaths and fatalities on california 's highways .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

in 1992 , truck drivers will be subject to a strict blood alcohol standard of .04 .


Question: what is the legal blood alcohol limit for the state of california ?

standard for motorists is a recognition of the fact that drivers are affected after consuming smaller amounts of alcohol than the state has acknowledged in the past .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

hawaii was granted territorial status in 1900 , and became the 50th state of the union in 1959 .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

senior senators from the states answered the roll call , beginning with delaware , which became the first state in 1787 , and continuing to hawaii , which in 1959 became the 50th to join the union .


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Question: when did hawaii become a state

oha receives money from the state and from income derived from trust lands turned over to hawaii by the federal government upon statehood in 1959 .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

before entering congress , matsunaga was a member of hawaii 's territorial house from 1954 to 1959 , the year hawaii became a state .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

today 's highlight in history : on aug. 12 , 1898 , hawaii was formally annexed to the united states after congress passed a joint resolution .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

today 's highlight in history : on aug. 12 , 1898 , hawaii was formally annexed to the united states after congress passed a joint resolution .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

when south carolina 's name was called , republican strom thurmond gave this response : `` south carolina was not the first state to be admitted , but it was the first to secede '' in 1860 .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

where did bette davis get her first name ?


Question: when did hawaii become a state

robertson 's entries include the likes of `` what they did before , '' a compilation of stars ' erstwhile careers -lrb- charles bronson was a pennsylvania coal miner -rrb- and `` who married whom , '' a rundown of interstellar marriages , with 74 percent ending in divorce .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

under hawaii law , only those with 50 percent or more hawaiian blood are considered `` native '' hawaiians .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

the problem is especially troubling for kaulukukui because he is chairman of the office of hawaiian affairs , an agency established by the state to benefit hawaiians _ those considered natives as well as those with any amount of native blood .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

although no precise figure is available , it is estimated that 200,000 of hawaii 's 1 million residents have at least some hawaiian blood .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

we should n't have this wedge between us , '' said state sen. mike crozier , a supporter of dropping the two-tiered definition of hawaiian .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

oha will present the referendum results to the democrat -controlled legislature , where a bill to change the state constitution has a good chance of passing if the survey favors dropping the two-tiered definition of native hawaiian .


Question: when did hawaii become a state

kamaki kanahele , president of hawaiian homesteaders , a state council representing hawaiians , disagrees with kaulukukui and is urging his group 's 27,000 members to vote against the proposal .


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kanahele said he fears congress will take a change in the state constitution as a signal to change the blood requirement for the homelands program .