Question: where are diamonds mined ?

at the core is a dizzying circle of cross-holdings among anglo , de beers and anglo american investment trust -lrb- anamint -rrb- , which protects the trio from hostile takeover : anglo owns 7 % of de beers , which owns 38 % of anglo ; anglo owns 52 % of anamint , which owns 26 % of de beers , which owns 10 % of anamint .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

from this circle of control spins the financing to sustain chains that reach far into the country 's economy .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

for example : anglo holds 40 % in mining house johannesburg consolidated investments ltd. -lrb- jci -rrb- , which holds 37 % of publisher argus group ltd. , which holds 38 % of another publisher , times media ltd. ; for good measure , anglo directly holds 15 % of argus , and jci has a direct 27 % stake in times media .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

in the end , anglo effectively controls the country 's two main english-language publishing houses and most of the english-language newspapers .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` the people at the top just are n't thinking radically enough , '' says duncan innes , a professor of industrial sociology at johannesburg 's university of the witwatersrand .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

sitting beside nelson mandela at a press conference following a recent meeting between the anc and business leaders , mr. relly testily said he would n't join in any `` fatuous '' discussions about the breakup of anglo .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

it 's like a giant octopus , '' he says , waving a chart of anglo 's corporate holdings .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

slicing off these operations , he says , should take care of anglo 's reach over the finance industry .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

at the moment , says mr. mboweni , the anc favors antitrust legislation , rather than nationalization , to do the clipping .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

in 1985 , he led a small delegation of businessmen to the anc 's exile headquarters in lusaka , zambia , for the first-ever talks between the two groups .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

and when mr. mandela was released in february after 27 years in jail , mr. relly was the first prominent white businessman to stop by his home .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

still , the image of anglo as a robber baron persists in the minds of many anc officials and black south africans .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` one of the things one has come to understand is the enormously long lead time which is necessary to change these fundamental attitudes , '' mr. relly says .


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mr. hobday , the mine manager at western deeps , has initiated a series of sensitivity seminars , a first in the macho mining industry .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

asked to list five areas of discrimination in the mines , the miners usually come up with 10 or more .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

in london on wednesday , shares finished modestly weaker in moderately active dealings , as investors paused to consider the market 's near-term direction .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the australian government 's tuesday statement on tax concessions and tariff cuts for industry helped stocks wednesday , because the moves could lower costs at many companies .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

sumitomo heavy industries fell 11 yen to 749 yen -lrb- $ 6.37 -rrb- and mitsubishi heavy industries lost 15 to 800 .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

volume of 830.6 million shares continued to be robust , compared with 857.8 million shares a day earlier .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

enterprise oil , which previously reported a 35 % rise in 1990 net income , fell 18 to 581 .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the industrial conglomerate 's 1990 pretax profit fell 9 % , in line with previous estimates , because of the recession in construction , automotive and consumer products activities and the pound sterling 's gains , but btr 's dividend of 15.75 pence a share exceeded expectations .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

continental shareholders voted to abolish the german tire maker 's 5 % voting rights restrictions , a clear signal of support for pirelli 's campaign to press continental into resuming talks on merging their tire businesses .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

in sydney , bridge oil shed 3 australian cents to 60 australian cents -lrb- 46 u.s. cents -rrb- , one of the biggest decliners of the day .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the european community commission suspended for an additional week the swiss packaging group 's $ 3 billion bid by closely held tetra pak , a swiss packaging concern , to acquire alfa laval , a swedish maker of food processing machinery .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

equities finished higher in milan and stockholm , and lower in paris , madrid , frankfurt , zurich , brussels and amsterdam .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

an australian diamond mining company hopes it can turn a glut of brown diamonds into more green .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the brown stones , often found in the same deposits as clear ones , traditionally have generated little consumer demand because they do n't fit the popular image of diamonds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

few stores handle brown diamonds , and the industry , made up of single stores and small chains , tends to be tradition-bound .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

he adds that it wo n't use brown diamonds for engagement rings , long a de beers mainstay , because of tradition .


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`` it used to be you 'd get contributions out of philanthropy , '' says chris oshikata , director of marketing and communications at minnesota public radio .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

volkswagen , which began offering a 30 -day-or- 3 , 000-mile guarantee last august on its passat model , ran the program for only three months and has no plans to conduct it again .


Question: what is california 's capital ?

the sacramento march was one of the largest ever at the california capital .


Question: what is california 's capital ?

election officials had projected a heavy special election turnout of up to 50 percent of the 529,658 registered voters in the sacramento municipal utility district , which operates the plant 25 miles southeast of california 's capital .


Question: what is california 's capital ?

the republican slate more closely reflects the growing gop power base in southern california , although wilson served in the capital as a member of the state assembly in the 1970s , and marian bergeson of newport beach , the party 's nominee for lieutenant governor , is an incumbent state senator who is respected by the sacramento establishment .


Question: what is california 's capital ?

thousands of activists marched for increased aids funding in a downpour in california 's capital saturday , while hundreds more participated in rallies in washington , d.c. , albany , n.y. , and elsewhere .


Question: what is california 's capital ?

critics claimed the plant 25 miles from california 's capital is unsafe and has a poor operating record .


Question: what is california 's capital ?

american international group , the us insurance group , yesterday stepped in to support 20th century industries , a californian insurer whose capital base had been strained by an estimated dollars 815m of losses from the northridge earthquake .


Question: what is california 's capital ?

it was asked by regulators to formulate a plan to boost its capital base .


Question: what is california 's capital ?

northern californians are recognizing the south as a dynamic world capital to which they are inextricably linked .


Question: what is california 's capital ?

the town , founded in 1770 , was the capital of california under the spanish , mexican and american flags , and the site of the constitutional convention that preceded california 's admission into the union in 1850 . ;


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

argentina covers an area the size of india but a third of the population is in buenos aires , leaving most of patagonia - the far south - sparsely inhabited .


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

remember that the continent is a vast area ; argentina is geographically the same size as india .


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

since buenos aires grew to wealth in the last century as the port for argentina 's beef exports , the capital has exerted a crushing domination over this country , which is the size of india .


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

argentina wants to attract thousands of migrants from the former soviet union to populate the country 's vast interior .


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

we are talking with the european community to provide credits for potential migrants to settle and create companies in argentina , ' said mr geraldo molnes , the interior ministry 's population secretary .


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

argentina is the second latin american country to offer to take such migrants .


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

mr molnes denied that argentina was discriminating against dark-skinned immigrants from nearby countries in favour of europeans .


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

this stands on the northern edge of patagonia , an area about twice the size of france , that is currently occupied by just 4 % of argentina 's 30 million inhabitants , along with tens of millions of sheep .


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

president alfonsin is determined to put something in this emptiness by 1989 as a symbol of the new , democratic argentina he wants to build .


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

brian thomson , a descendant of a scot who helped build argentina 's railways -lrb- currently costing the government over $ 1 billion a year -rrb- , is trying to forge a similarly radical change .


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

`` we 've been through the dark ages in argentina , '' he says darkly , `` and we have to get out of our past . ''


Question: what is the size of argentina ?

where , they ask , will argentina , with its foreign debt of $ 54 billion , get the money ?


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

evelyn hagopian , who was 3 years old when the great earthquake and fire struck san francisco 82 years ago today , has no plans to attend a gathering of the disaster 's shrinking number of survivors .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the san francisco earthquake of 1906 , which occurred before the richter scale was devised , has been estimated at 8.3 on the richter scale .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the building is assumed to have burned or exploded in one of a half-dozen fires that devastated san francisco between 1849 and 1851 , collapsing onto itself .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

april 18 is the anniversary of the great san francisco earthquake of 1906 , which triggered fires which destroyed most of the city .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

after the ceremonial tie was removed _ it burned in the san francisco fire of 1906 _ historians believe an unknown chinese worker probably drove the last steel spike into a wooden tie .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

on the morning of april 18 , 1906 , the people of san francisco woke abruptly to face calamity _ a devasting earthquake bringing widespread devastation and fire that killed at least 2,500 , and possibly 5,000 people .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

san francisco , april 18 _ earthquakes and fire today have put nearly half of san francisco in ruins .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the devastating earthquake that killed hundreds in northern california vividly recalls the catastrophic quake and fire that laid waste to san francisco in 1906 .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

tuesday 's devastating quake still is well short of the 1906 san francisco quake , however , which was estimated at 8.3 on the scale .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the 1906 san francisco quake was the largest american death toll , although at least two other events were stronger in terms of the richter scale .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the 1906 earthquake and fire in san francisco cost as much as $ 5.8 billion in current dollars , according to the independent insurance agents of america .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the 1906 earthquake and fire in san francisco cost as much as $ 5.8 billion in current dollars .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

lai 's father , bing lai , said he was born of a chinese-american - a story that could n't be discredited since birth records were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire in san francisco .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

april 18 is the anniversary of the great san francisco earthquake of 1906 , which triggered fires that destroyed most of the city .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

a sea captain called it the `` mad moment '' on that morning of april 18 , 1906 , when something mysteriously jolted his steamer in calm waters off san francisco .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the startling photographs of this devastation assembled by eric saul and don denevi for their book `` the great san francisco earthquake and fire , 1906 `` show parts of the city looking like hiroshima would look 39 years later when the atomic bomb was dropped .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

but it was on this former landfill -- built after the 1906 quake as a testament to one city 's gutsy determination to endure and prevail -- that last week 's quake did its worst damage in san francisco .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

in san francisco this was the closest that the latest quake came to the madness of 1906 .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

it has suddenly become modern san francisco 's reminder of the great earthquake of 1906 .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the 1906 san francisco fire is believed to be the costliest blaze in state history , resulting in about $ 4 billion in claims -lrb- in 1988 dollars -rrb- , krauss said. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the worst was from the huge fire that followed the san francisco earthquake of 1906 , when an estimated $ 5 billion in damage occurred. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

but oakland mayor elihu harris ' office said total damage -- believed to be a loose estimate of all costs -- could well exceed $ 5 billion , rivaling the damage from the fire spawned by the 1906 san francisco earthquake as the nation 's costliest. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

disasters prior to 1949 , such as the 1906 san francisco earthquake and fire , and the great chicago fire of 1871 , would probably have cost more in today 's dollars .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the fire `` had things all in its favor .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the quake and fire that followed were blamed for an estimated 700 deaths .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the find is the `` most significant '' discovery of chinese material in california since the wreck of a 16th century spanish galleon carrying ming dynasty- era pottery was found at point reyes north of san francisco a few years ago , clarence shangraw , the chief currator of the city 's asian art museum , said tuesday .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

after the discovery of gold in california , chinese came to san francisco , then a tent city they called gum san , or `` big city of the golden hill . ''


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

a strong earthquake shook the san francisco peninsula on monday , but there were no immediate reports of injury or serious damage .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

it was felt in most of the san francisco bay area , including as far north at petaluma and in the region south and east of san jose .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

usgs spokeswoman pat jorgenson said the quake struck at 10 : 46 a.m. on the calaveras fault and was centered eight miles east of milpitas , about 50 miles southeast of san francisco .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

fires have been raging all day , and the fire department has been powerless to do anything except dynamite buildings threatened .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

all efforts to stay the progress of the fire were futile .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the south side of market street from ninth street to the bay was soon ablaze , the fire covering a belt two blocks wide .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the greatest destruction occurred in that part of the city which was reclaimed from san francisco bay .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the new quake registered at 6.9 on the richter scale and was on the notorious san andreas fault .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

california and alaska are subject to many quakes because they rest on what is called the ring of fire , a region of volcanoes and earthquake-prone lands circling the pacific ocean .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

san francisco sits astride the san andreas fault , a crack in the earth where the pacific plate is slowly sliding north compared with the rest of california , which rests on the north american plate .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

_a quake measured at 6.6 also did severe damage to the san fernando valley of california on feb. 9 , 1971 , killing 65 people .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the american red cross says at least 729 homes and residential buildings were destroyed and 4,950 others damaged along 75 miles of the san andreas fault .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the earthquake hit at 5 : 04 p.m. tuesday , registered 6.9 on the richter scale , and was centered on the san andreas fault 14 miles northeast of santa cruz and 57 miles south of san francisco n the santa cruz mountains .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

baseball commissioner fay vincent said the world series between the oakland athletics and san francisco giants is tentatively scheduled to resume tuesday at candlestick park , pending final approval by mayor art agnos this weekend .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

san francisco-oakland bay bridge closed for several weeks after one section collapsed .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

embarcadero freeway -lrb- i-480 -rrb- in san francisco closed until june because of severe cracking but will not be torn down .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

highway 25 from highway 101 to 15 miles south of hollister in san benito county due to slides .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the san francisco earthquake and relief assistance hotline , 1-900-500-help , was established friday .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the earthquake hit at 5 : 04 p.m. pdt , registered 7.1 on the richter scale and was centered on the san andreas fault 15 miles northeast of santa cruz and 56 miles south of san francisco in the santa cruz mountains .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

game 4 is scheduled saturday , again in san francisco .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

with several missing links in the highway system , most notably the san francisco-oakland bay bridge and a stretch of i-880 in oakland , most commuters face longer and slower rides .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the embarcadero freeway -lrb- i-480 -rrb- along san francisco 's waterfront is closed because of severe cracking .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

a june 1851 entry gives his graphic , eyewitness account of a major fire in san francisco .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

however , the fire was in may , when schliemann was in sacramento , taill said .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the island , three miles north of san francisco , is the largest island in san francisco bay .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the station was closed in 1940 , after a fire that destroyed part of the two -story wooden buildings that housed as many as 300 chinese immigrants at a time .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

`` they told me america was wealthy , beautiful , a wonderful country , but when i came here i was alone on the island and i was scared all the time until i knew they would let me go , '' said chin , 82 , of san francisco .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

it was felt as far north as petaluma , in many communities to the east of san francisco and south to the monterey peninsula .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

and in san francisco , it would take its greatest toll in a part of town that had been literally created as a monument to earthquake survival .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

it hit san francisco at 5 : 12 a.m and lasted for 48 seconds .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

as gordon thomas and max witts write in `` the san francisco earthquake , '' even at that hour some in the raucous young metropolis were astir .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the clock on the ferry building stopped dead at 5 : 15 -lrb- everybody knew it was fast -rrb- , and became the instant symbol of the great san francisco earthquake .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

and everywhere in san francisco , a strange sound .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

outside in the streets , though , it was as if beelzebub had designs on san francisco .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

everywhere , the little fires that were to grow into the great fire were raging .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

in the first 17 minutes after the shaking stopped , 50 fires were sighted in downtown san francisco .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

but there were no fire bells because the central alarm system in chinatown had been destroyed .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

and the talents of fire chief dennis sullivan would never be used ; his bush street residence collapsed and he was in a coma from which he would never recover .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

estimates at the time of the quake and fire put the dead at 700 .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

`` it was agreed by the real estate board , '' reported the san francisco chronicle , `` that the calamity should be spoken of as 'the great fire , ' not as 'the great earthquake . '


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earthquakes were out of their control and any reminder of them could severely limit san francisco 's appeal .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

-lrb- san francisco columnist herb caen recalls that as a beginning reporter half a century ago , he once referred to `` the great san francisco earthquake `` and was called in by his editors .


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wagging their fingers , they admonished him that it was the `` great san francisco fire . '' -rrb-


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`` san francisco doomed , '' screamed one headline .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

about 28,000 structures were destroyed in the earthquake and fire , according to father john b. mcgloin 's `` san francisco , the story of a city . ''


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

and when the panama canal opened in 1914 , providing much faster passage between the atlantic and the pacific , san francisco decided it was time to throw a party .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

`` there was no doubt , '' he writes , `` that san francisco had demonstrated to its own satisfaction , as well as that of the world , that it had definitely recovered from the wounds inflicted upon it less than 10 years before . ''


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

it could be several days before insurers determine exactly how much the fire will cost them , but early estimates ranged from $ 200 million to $ 500 million . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

state farm , farmers insurance group and allstate insurance will be the hardest hit , according to julie davine , a spokeswoman for western insurance information service . ; insurance companies already were speculating that the costs of the fire will surpass last year 's santa barbara blaze , which destroyed more than 400 homes and cost insurers nearly $ 265 million . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

by contrast , large fires are among the most expensive disasters because nearly all homeowners carry fire protection as part of their standard coverage. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

several insurance companies sent representatives and adjusters to the scene of the oakland fire monday , but access was strictly limited by fire and police officials . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

insurance company representatives said they did not expect that the fire losses would lead them to raise insurance premiums for all policyholders in the short term. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

unlike earthquakes , which typically spark a surge in new business , the fire probably wo n't result in many new policies because fire insurance already is standard for most homeowners .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

`` it 's difficult to come into a new organization and be faced with such an extreme task , '' said fire chief steven edwards , ewell 's old boss at the prince george 's county fire department in maryland . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

it 's a difficult situation that 's been handled very well , '' edwards said on monday . ; as deputy fire chief for the prince george 's county fire department for 2 1/2 years , ewell oversaw special operations , including emergency medical service , fire prevention and fire investigation units . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

before maryland , ewell worked at the compton fire department for 12 years and eventually became deputy fire marshal . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

`` he 's a very progressive fire chief .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

charlie fasso , a spokesman with the oakland fire department .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

great chicago fire barely worse than oakland 's ; in dollar terms , the oakland hills wildfire nearly rivals the devastation of the great chicago fire of 1871 . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the national fire protection association lists the fire loss of the historic chicago blaze , in 1990 dollars , at $ 1.8 billion . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the association lists the 1871 chicago catastrophe as the second-worst fire loss in u.s. history. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the october 1989 earthquake in the san francisco bay area caused an estimated $ 10 billion in damage , but relatively little was caused by fire. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the association , a non-profit , business-supported organization that deals with fire-safety issues , developed damage figures in 1990 dollars by applying estimated inflation indexes to reported fire losses of the time .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

but that figure was based on a tour of only 75 percent of the nearly 3-square-mile fire area. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

in one of the few bright spots tuesday , fire commanders said that the deadly fire -- which flared out of control at 11 a.m .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

everything is pretty much dead now , '' said rick nobles of the california department of forestry and fire protection .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

even the glummest statistics understated the toll of grief , memory and longing , as residents struggled through police and fire lines to try to recover mementos. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

officers acknowledged that the fate of 20 to 25 others was harder to guess -- the ones whose homes were reduced to ashes and rubble , where the fire was so intense that it cremated its victims . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

dan mercado of the homicide unit said police found part of a skull and two jawbones at the home of an elderly couple reported missing in the hiller highlands area , where the fire moved so quickly that it trapped victims in their homes . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

as those displaced by the fire found other housing , the numbers at the shelters dropped .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

meanwhile , political leaders promised that the fire would lead to reforms .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

gov. pete wilson and assembly speaker willie brown , d - san francisco , toured the charred area on foot tuesday and vowed to push for more fire-conscious building codes , perhaps at an assembly session today . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

`` this one , '' he said of building code reform , `` will not get bogged down. '' ; assemblyman tom bates , d - berkeley , said he will sponsor three pieces of fire-related legislation : tax relief for fire victims ; property-tax breaks for cities and counties that will lose an estimated $ 6 million in taxes ; and restrictions on shake roofs. ; san jose mayor susan hammer offered to send the san jose conservation corps with dump trucks and water trucks -- and whatever other aid oakland might need. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

meanwhile , amid sharp criticism , oakland mayor harris has vowed to conduct a `` critical review '' of the fire department 's handling of the initial blaze saturday that flared anew sunday morning . ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

there were newspaper reports that saturday 's fire may have started at the site of an illegal construction project , but investigators are still attempting to pinpoint a cause. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

critics have blamed the oakland fire department for not staying with that blaze all night .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

`` there was nothing standing but a big san francisco policeman , stationed there to prevent looting .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

stephen altschuler , author of two books on hiking trails in the bay area , said the parallels between the 1923 fire and last week 's are incredible .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

4,000 firefighters ; `` there were 4,000 firefighters involved from as far away as san jose , '' he said .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

while the exact cause of sunday 's fire is not yet known , altschuler said the 1923 blaze was traced to a power line that blew down and set brush afire. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

the philosophy followed by the architects of the era contributed greatly to the spread of the fire and , altschuler said , apparently not much has changed in the ensuing six decades .


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

as we now know , that provides both breathtaking vistas and explosive fire conditions. ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

they provided residents with a way to escape fire. ; ironically , the older sections in the area of sunday 's fire -- particularly `` the upper rockridge and the area above the claremont hotel -- were settled by wealthy san franciscans looking for a safe haven after the earthquake. '' ;


Question: when was the san francisco fire ?

but the losses would have been borne not by insurers but by homeowners , who typically did n't have fire insurance in those days .


Question: what was the man 's name who was killed in a duel with aaron burr ?

one , aaron burr , is infamous , having killed alexander hamilton in a duel .


Question: what was the man 's name who was killed in a duel with aaron burr ?

president-elect george bush 's bass-fishing trip to a private lake thursday will take him to a small , historic community that once played host to another vice president , aaron burr .


Question: what was the man 's name who was killed in a duel with aaron burr ?

burr was captured in alabama in 1807 after being accused of treason and was brought up the federal road .


Question: what was the man 's name who was killed in a duel with aaron burr ?

burr was acquitted of treason but remained disgraced and retired from politics .


Question: what was the man 's name who was killed in a duel with aaron burr ?

president-elect bush 's bass fishing excursion today takes him to a crossroads community that once played host to another vice president _ aaron burr .


Question: what was the man 's name who was killed in a duel with aaron burr ?

burr was was captured in southwest alabama on treason charges in februrary 1807 and was brought up the federal road .


Question: what was the man 's name who was killed in a duel with aaron burr ?

scott said burr spent one night at manac 's tavern , which was located at a site about a quarter-mile from scott 's property at pintlala .


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in 1978,216 people were killed when a tanker truck overfilled with propylene gas exploded on a coastal highway south of tarragona , spain , setting off a fireball that devastated a nearby campsite .


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one year ago : nine people were killed when three gunmen launched a gun-and -grenade attack on hundreds of tourists aboard the greek cruise ship city of poros , which was steaming toward a marina in suburban athens .


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among the more important illuminations are clark 's thoughts on the mysterious death in 1809 of expedition commander meriwether lewis and his opinion of the treacherous aaron burr , vice president under thomas jefferson , whose $ 15 million louisiana purchase doubled the nation 's size .


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some historians have argued that lewis , then governor of the territory he helped explore and map , was murdered on his way to washington , d.c. , but clark 's letters support the theory that his friend killed himself .


Question: what was the man 's name who was killed in a duel with aaron burr ?

the references focus on burr 's alleged attempts to raise an army and overthrow the government .


Question: what was the man 's name who was killed in a duel with aaron burr ?

in his letters , clark refers to burr as a `` second napoleon , '' holmberg said .


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`` he told president jefferson that burr was a real danger and that something needs to be done about him , '' holmberg said .


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i might have hurried right through , except for aaron burr 's daughter .


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one of the saddest periods in burr 's always-dramatic life was the tragic death of his intelligent and beautiful daughter theodosia , wife of the governor of south carolina , joseph alston .


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so it was with astonishment and great delight that i read her name on a historical marker a few miles outside georgetown .


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the name of the organization that was running the beefsteak would be printed across the bib , and the men took the aprons home for souvenirs .


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it was way back in 1845 that james polk , the only democrat with a four -letter name to occupy the white house , became president .


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mr. hart , in particular , may have some new grounds for debating the wisdom of his decision to shorten his last name from hartpence .


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founded in 1851 , irving 's organizers prevailed upon popular writer and diplomat washington irving to let them use his name for the new bank and his likeness on the bank 's currency .


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in those days , banks printed their own bills , and the bank 's organizers felt the writer 's name would promote confidence in the institution .


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analysts and bankers are hard-pressed to name a domestic bank that might emerge to top bank of new york 's offer .


Question: how hot is the core of the earth ?

the temperature of earth 's inner core may be as high as 9,000 degrees fahrenheit -lrb- 5,000 degrees celsius -rrb- .


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blobs of molten metal created where earth 's core meets the overlying rock may explain why the magnetic north pole wanders by about one degree every decade , a laboratory experiment suggests .


Question: how hot is the core of the earth ?

unlike the geographic north pole , where earth 's lines of longitude meet , geographers have noted changes for at least 1,200 years in the location of the magnetic north pole , which is where compasses point .


Question: how hot is the core of the earth ?

scientists generally believed that changes within the planet 's liquid iron core were responsible for the wandering of magnetic north .


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but blobs of molten core material created in the overlying mantle may be at least as important , according to the study by university of california scientists .


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such reactions could create blobs of iron-rich metal alloys in the lower mantle that might deflect magnetic field lines generated in the core and could explain why the magnetic north pole wanders , the scientists said .


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`` the question can be put , 'is the earth cooling off ? '


Question: how hot is the core of the earth ?

a range of estimates suggests that overall , the earth has lost 500 to 700 degrees -lrb- a few hundred degrees celsius -rrb- over its 4-billion -year history , he said , and perhaps as little as 200 to 400 degrees -lrb- 100 to 200 degrees celsius -rrb- . ;


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`` the thermal history of the earth is the history of the balance of sources and sinks , '' that is , both heating and cooling , spiegelman said .


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scientists know three basic sources of heat and one basic way that heat is lost , but the real tricks are coming up with good estimates of the rates at which these processes happen and determining whether the earth is cooling faster than it 's heating right now , he said. ;


Question: how hot is the core of the earth ?

spiegelman described the three main sources as the gravitational energy of accretion , when the earth was brought together ; the heat from the decay of short-lived radioactive isotopes early in the history of the universe ; and the energy released when this early heating melted much of the earth 's iron , making it denser than the material around it , so it drove into the core of the earth , releasing gravitational energy .


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the major way the earth loses heat is by the sea floor spreading , making oceanic crusts and ridges , so that the earth 's skin turns over and strips heat from its top 60 miles , dumping it to the ocean .


Question: how hot is the core of the earth ?

`` it is like a boiling pot , with hot material from the bottom rising , but not all that efficient , '' spiegelman said. ;


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as heat moves from hot regions to cool regions , on average the core is probably losing heat , he said .


Question: how hot is the core of the earth ?

the best guess is that the earth has been cooling slightly over the last billion years but that it still has a long way to go .


Question: how hot is the core of the earth ?

a rough estimate of how long it would take to cool a solid body the size of the earth if the only loss were cooling from the surface , without convection , is 100 times the age of the planet , he said .


Question: what is the temperature at the center of the earth

the temperature of earth 's inner core may be as high as 9,000 degrees fahrenheit -lrb- 5,000 degrees celsius -rrb- .


Question: what is the temperature at the center of the earth

`` the question can be put , 'is the earth cooling off ? '


Question: what is the temperature at the center of the earth

a range of estimates suggests that overall , the earth has lost 500 to 700 degrees -lrb- a few hundred degrees celsius -rrb- over its 4-billion -year history , he said , and perhaps as little as 200 to 400 degrees -lrb- 100 to 200 degrees celsius -rrb- . ;


Question: what is the temperature at the center of the earth

`` the thermal history of the earth is the history of the balance of sources and sinks , '' that is , both heating and cooling , spiegelman said .


Question: what is the temperature at the center of the earth

scientists know three basic sources of heat and one basic way that heat is lost , but the real tricks are coming up with good estimates of the rates at which these processes happen and determining whether the earth is cooling faster than it 's heating right now , he said. ;


Question: what is the temperature at the center of the earth

spiegelman described the three main sources as the gravitational energy of accretion , when the earth was brought together ; the heat from the decay of short-lived radioactive isotopes early in the history of the universe ; and the energy released when this early heating melted much of the earth 's iron , making it denser than the material around it , so it drove into the core of the earth , releasing gravitational energy .


Question: what is the temperature at the center of the earth

the major way the earth loses heat is by the sea floor spreading , making oceanic crusts and ridges , so that the earth 's skin turns over and strips heat from its top 60 miles , dumping it to the ocean .


Question: what is the temperature at the center of the earth

the best guess is that the earth has been cooling slightly over the last billion years but that it still has a long way to go .


Question: what is the temperature at the center of the earth

a rough estimate of how long it would take to cool a solid body the size of the earth if the only loss were cooling from the surface , without convection , is 100 times the age of the planet , he said .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

efforts to save the california condor , which has a wingspan of up to 10 feet at maturity , rest with the captive breeding program .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

perhaps the mostnown endangered species is the california condor , the largest land bird in north america , which has a wingspan of up to 10 feet .


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the california condor , with its 8-foot wingspan , used to fly over the flowered hills above gorman .


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a california condor thursday laid the first egg ever produced in captivity by a pair of the endangered birds , boosting efforts to save the species , the san diego wild animal park said .


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if the egg hatches at the end of its two-month incubation , it will be the first california condor ever conceived in captivity , officials said .


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the last california condor in the wild was captured and brought to the wild animal park on april 3 , 1987 in a last bid to restore the vanishing species .


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handlers will turn it 180 degrees twice a day , imitating the behavior of a mother condor 's care in the wild .


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wildlife biologists hope to breed sufficient numbers of the condor in captivity and release the captive-bred birds into a safe environment in the wild .


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the first california condor conceived in captivity hatched friday , its keepers using tweezers and their fingertips to help the newest member of the nearly extinct species break free from its shell , officials said .


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the chick , conceived by the only known activing breeding pair of the california condor , was expected to weigh about 9 ounces , hanscom said .


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the tribe inhabited the santa barbara area that most recently served as california condor habitat , and the bird figures prominently in the tribe 's religion .


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a fist-sized bundle of fluff named molloko , the first california condor chick conceived in captivity , gobbled meals of minced mice today .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

the chick was conceived by the only known active breeding pair of the nearly extinct california condor , north america 's largest land bird .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

the last known california condor in the wild was captured a year ago .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

a hungry bundle of fluff named molloko , the only california condor chick conceived in captivity , gobbled minced mice saturday , and keepers of the endangered species were encouraged by its appetite .


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the newly hatched chick , which raised the condor population to 28 , ate its first meal from the fingertips of a handler at 6 a.m. and ate again at hourly intervals , said martha baker , spokeswoman for the san diego wild animal park .


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`` the hatching of the world 's first captive-bred condor is a milestone that we 've been awaiting for years , '' hodel said in a statement released in washington .


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the interior department 's u.s. fish and wildlife service is responsible for the california condor recovery program .


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`` this small chick represents a big step back from the brink of extinction and a big step forward for recovery of the california condor , '' he said .


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molloko is an indian word for the giant condor species .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

the last known wild california condor was captured a year ago .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

four andean condors that will serve as scouts for reintroduction of the gravely threatened california condor into the wild are headed for temporary pens in a rugged mountain range .


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a third andean condor hatched at the los angeles zoo will join the contingent , along with a fourth , flown in from a u.s. fish and wildlife service center in patuxent , md. , said michael wallace , the los angeles zoo biologist overseeing the program .


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the andean birds , all females to prevent breeding in the wild , will be used to test techniques biologists hope to use _ perhaps as soon as 1992 _ to begin returning the california condor to nature .


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it 's expected they will cover much of the california condor 's five -county range , a land of bare grassy hills dotted with occasional oaks , and rugged , rocky cliffs and canyons in the mountains that ring the southern end of the san joaquin valley .


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the andean condor was chosen for the experiment because it is the closest living relative to the california condor .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

the california condor , north america 's largest land bird , once roamed widely along the west coast , but its numbers had shrunk to 40 when the fish and wildlife service launched a rescue effort in 1976 .


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six andean condors are napping and munching on beef and chopped rats as they await release into the wild in an experiment aimed at saving their california condor cousins from extinction .


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`` it will be a credit to humankind if we can preserve the animals of the earth , and the condor is but one animal facing dire straits , '' said jeff opdycke , a u.s. fish and wildlife service official who toured the andean condor release site with reporters tuesday .


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in five to 10 years , after enough of them have produced offspring in captivity , some of the young birds will be re-introduced into the wild in another attempt to avoid extinction .


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`` these are surrogates , '' said joseph dowhan , condor recovery coordinator for the fish and wildlife service .


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seven of the andean birds will be freed in december and january into the 53 , 000-acre sespe condor sanctuary , 50 miles northwest of downtown los angeles .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

the three young female condors , all about five months old and weighing 19 to 21 pounds , sat in the shade , napping in the net-enclosed half of their 35-by-16-foot roosting box , which sits atop sawed -off telephone poles 10 feet above the ground to protect them from black bears and coyotes .


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development along california 's coast and san joaquin valley also gradually destroyed much condor habitat , researchers believe .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

so far , only one california condor chick has been hatched in captivity .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

an excited young andean condor flapped her wings and took off on her first flight as biologists freed three of the birds into the wild to pave the way for the eventual release of endangered california condors .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

the three birds were the first of up to 17 andean condors , donated by various zoos where they were born , that will be freed by late 1989 so scientists can test the techniques they hope to use when they release california condors , which are north america 's largest birds with 9 -lcb- -foot wingspans .


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then , 8 -lcb- -month-old condor y1 , born at san diego wild animal park and the oldest of the trio , `` seemed to get very excited , '' nichols said .


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the bird `` spent the rest of the day making short flights between various rocks , '' while 6 -lcb- -month-old condor y3 , born at patuxent wildlife research center in maryland , `` made some very short flights among the rocks , '' nichols said .


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meanwhile , 6 -rcb- -month-old condor y2 , born at the buffalo -lrb- n.y. -rrb-


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four more condors , kept in an enclosure in the nearby sespe condor sanctuary , will be released in late january or february , she added .


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the andean condor release experiment will cost about $ 440,000 , officials have said .


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their path toward extinction has been blamed on development of condor habitat and lead poisoning from eating carcasses of animals shot by hunters .


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we 're very encouraged , '' joseph dowhan , u.s. fish and wildlife service condor recovery coordinator , said wednesday .


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one of the courting pairs in escondido , male condor ac-4 and female un-1 , started mating early in january , he added .


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last april , the same pair produced a female chick named molloko , the first california condor conceived and hatched in captivity .


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the most recent release was jan. 21 , when biologists removed netting from a roost box and feeding platform that housed four andean condors in the sespe condor sanctuary .


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the 10-month-old andean , condor y1 , flew from hopper mountain onto the eagles ' turf , where `` the eagles made several `stoops , ' or aggressive drives , toward the condor and forced it to the ground , '' said a fish and wildlife service news release .


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dowhan said the condor soon returned to the air and `` made a beeline to the security of its home -lrb- roost box -rrb- .


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condor r4 immediately flew 120 feet into a brushy thicket and could n't figure out how to get back to her roost box .


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after weeks of amorous but clumsy courting , a female california condor laid an egg scientists hope will prove fertile and produce a condor chick for the endangered species ' captive breeding program .


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the egg was noticed monday after los angeles zoo researchers reviewed a videotape of activity in the condor 's plywood nest box and briefly saw it as the condors traded places from the nest to the outside .


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the couple , a male condor named cuyama and a female named cachuma , had piqued the interest of observers on sunday when they showed signs indicating an egg -laying was near .


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`` they were showing great interest in each other , nibbling each other and following each other around to the nest box and scraping around as though making a nest in the sand , '' said mike wallace , curator of birds at the zoo and supervisor of its captive condor breeding program .


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a condor egg laid in captivity was hatched last year in the program at the san diego wild animal park .


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the other six condor couples at the zoo also have been in courtship over the past week .


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a newborn california condor chick gobbled down its first meal of minced mice and egg yolk and was pronounced alert and healthy by its anxious keepers .


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the bird , hatched wednesday , is the second california condor to be conceived and produced in captivity and the 29th known member of the critically endangered species .


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`` the chick is alert and active and gives every appearance of a healthy baby condor . ''


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it is the offspring of the same condor couple that produced molloko , the year-old condor that was the first of the species conceived and born in captivity .


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three other fertile condor eggs incubating at the park are expected to hatch at various times within the next six weeks .


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all california condors known to exist are in the state 's two condor breeding stations .


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wildlife officials believe the endangered california condor is on the rebound after the hatching of a fourth bird bred in captivity .


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kaduku , whose konkow indian name means `` very strong being , both physically and spiritually , '' became the 31st known condor when it popped out of its shell sunday at the san diego wild animal park without much help from keepers .


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molloko , the first captive-bred condor , which hatched last year , remains in good health , as do all three chicks produced this year , hanscom said .


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handlers feed the chicks using lifelike condor puppets to keep the birds from becoming attached to humans .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

it was less than two years ago that the first california condor chick was hatched after being bred in captivity .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

the incubation period for condor eggs is about two months .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

the condor 's breeding season runs from january through april .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

the last condor known to exist in the wild was captured in 1987 .


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the mighty andean condor has inspired songs , stories and even worship for more than 2,000 years .


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but the condor is an endangered species , fast disappearing from the northern andes .


Question: what is the wingspan of a condor ?

anxious to preserve what remains of the vegetation on andean watersheds , they are teaming up with environmental organisations to protect the condor 's haunts .


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condor folklore is not as strong in the northern andes as it is in peru and bolivia , where the bird is more common : one peruvian ritual involves a fight between a condor -lrb- symbolising the indian -rrb- and a bull -lrb- representing the spaniard -rrb- .


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the legend of the young shepherdess carried off by a condor to its clifftop nest is common all through the andes .


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in one of the villages on the lower slopes of antisana , there is now an ecological group called friends of the condor .


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'the condor is catching on as a symbol , ' said one blackened firefighter at chingaza .


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courtship started in early january among four pairs of condors in escondido and two pairs in los angeles , and scientists hope they will produce enough chicks to allow some to be reintroduced to the wild in five to 10 years , said joseph dowhan , the federal agency 's condor recovery coordinator .


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but man encroached on the condor 's habitat , and today the 24 remaining condors are all captive in a breeding program started in the hope of eventually returning them to the wild .


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will we honor the condor only in memory ?


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the new chick -- whose gender wo n't be known for three months or so -- was named pawoko , a kawaiisu indian word for condor drawn from a list provided by the state native american commission . ;


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pawoko is the sixth condor to be hatched in los angeles since the zoo 's participation in the joint program with the san diego wild animal park began two years ago .


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the u.s. fish & wildlife service is looking at the grand canyon , a prehistoric california condor habitat , as a possibility. ;


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the california condor is not adept at surviving in today 's world. ;


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`` they have incredible curiosity , '' says david clendenen , lead biologist for the fish & wildlife service 's condor recovery program. ;


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unseen biologists open the roost 's door at daybreak to reveal a rocky pen about 20 feet long by 15 feet wide , with 10 -foot-high protective netting .


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when the california condor release begins , it will follow the patterns developed with the andeans .


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`` when we release the california condor , we do n't want a bird out there that 's going to take him to downtown ojai , '' says robert mesta , coordinator of the u.s. fish & wildlife service program .


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suppliers : microsoft corp was founded in the us in 1975 , incorporated in 1981 , and established in the uk in 1982 .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

when microsoft 's popular 'windows ' program received a 'best new business software product ' award at a recent computer software industry event in san francisco , the audience of industry executives booed and hissed .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

this outburst of public animosity reflects rising resentment towards microsoft among its competitors and even some of its partners in the personal computer industry , who charge that the company is using 'bully tactics ' to expand its dominant position in the market for personal computer programs .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

industry grumbles have now come to the attention of the us federal trade commission which has told microsoft that it is conducting a broad anti-trust investigation into 'third-party allegations that the company has monopolised or has attempted to monopolise the market for operating systems , operating environments , computer software and computer peripherals for personal computers ' .


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'i do n't believe we are doing anything illegal or unethical , ' insists mr mike hallman , microsoft president .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

the commission has not raised any specific charges , he says , adding that envy of microsoft 's success is behind much of the criticism .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

industry observers agree that there are a lot of 'sour grapes ' among those who wish that they could have matched microsoft 's performance .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

certainly , as the world 's largest and most profitable computer software company , microsoft makes an easy target .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

with 1990 revenues of dollars 1.18bn , microsoft dominates the market for programs that run on personal computers .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

already for the first three quarters of fiscal 1991 , microsoft has reported revenues of dollars 1.3bn .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

yet within the computer industry , microsoft has become the company that competitors love to hate .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

microsoft has expanded its hold on the systems software market with programs such as os /2 , a more powerful pc operating system , and 'windows ' , which gives ibm-compatible computers many of the attributes of an apple computer 's macintosh .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

but the company has also established itself as the premier supplier of applications programs - such as word processors and spread sheets - for macintosh and as a challenger to market leaders in two of the main segments of the market for ibm-compatible applications programs .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

as microsoft has grown , so has its power to influence the industry , particularly in the areas of standards and the direction of technology .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

microsoft 'is like a tall teenager who has yet to achieve the maturity that goes with his stature ' , says mr dick williams , president of digital research , a long-time microsoft competitor .


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aggressive sales tactics may have been acceptable when microsoft was a 'small , scrappy company ' , he suggests , but today 'they have an extremely adverse impact upon all other players in the industry ' .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

even ibm , long microsoft 's closest partner , appears to be distancing itself from the software company .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

microsoft played no part in the presentations .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

while microsoft is promoting its 'windows ' program , in combination with dos , as the operating software of choice for most pc users , ibm is firmly committed to a new generation of software based upon os /2 , an operating system that the two companies developed together .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

since microsoft has an interest in both programs this might appear to be an 'in- house ' squabble , but in reality its outcome could determine whether microsoft takes control of pc software standards , or cedes that role to ibm .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

in another move that has raised questions about the microsoft-ibm 'marriage ' , ibm has recently been licensing pc software from several microsoft competitors .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

microsoft 's relationships with some other key players in the personal computer industry are also strained ; for instance , the software company is in the middle of a legal fight with apple computer over alleged copyright infringement of macintosh software .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

microsoft 's strategic relationships last only as long as the company sees an immediate benefit , according to other industry executives .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

they take a dim view of microsoft 's dual role as both a systems software and applications programs developer . critics charge that microsoft 's in-house applications program developers acquire advanced knowledge of future changes in operating systems and related software , giving them an unfair advantage over outside competitors .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

yet even if microsoft 's applications developers do benefit from advance information about systems software , the company is not doing anything illegal .


Question: when was microsoft established ?

microsoft is , however , the only sizeable pc software company that straddles both sides of the software market .


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microsoft holds regular developers ' conferences to share its plans with outside applications programmers , and has a senior executive in charge of 'developer relations ' , he points out .


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this has not dimmed the dislike of microsoft among dozens of smaller pc software companies .


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others make claims of being drawn into sharing their product secrets with microsoft in licensing or acquisition talks , only to see microsoft launch a competing product after the talks have broken down .


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to allegations that microsoft has exploited smaller companies , mr hallman responds that it is difficult to address 'non-specific ' charges .


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the ftc investigation into microsoft 's business practices could go on for months , even years , and may lead nowhere .


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legal experts say that no evidence has emerged to suggest that microsoft is in violation of anti-trust laws .


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in the meantime , however , microsoft may be forced to confront its lack of popularity in an industry where inter-company relationships are crucial .


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another lesson may be that microsoft must temper its marketing tactics while it is under the scrutiny of federal regulators .


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though it is a midget in the computer industry as a whole , in the personal computer software industry microsoft is a giant .


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microsoft , the us software group , yesterday reported a 45 per cent increase in first-quarter earnings to outperform wall street expectations after being boosted by strong sales of the windows software program for personal computers .


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microsoft 's growth reflects booming sales of personal computers in the us driven by lower prices .


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the quarterly results 'reflect continued acceptance of the windows operating system , ' said mr frank gaudette , microsoft 's executive vice-president and chief financial officer .


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it is rapidly replacing microsoft 's dos as the most widely used operating system .


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sales of applications programs for the apple macintosh and the microsoft windows operating system were also strong , mr gaudette said .


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microsoft is preparing to launch a new high-performance version of windows , called windows nt , early next year .


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microsoft said its research and development costs rose to dollars 105m in the quarter , against dollars 74m in the same period last year .


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however , microsoft 's dominant role in the software industry has also attracted the attention of the federal trade commission , which is conducting an anti-trust investigation of the company 's activities .


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microsoft has said that it will co-operate with the commission .


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the computer training company , oxford computer training might be expected to be biased about microsoft 's project management system , project .


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the company , a division of the oxford computer group with a pounds 1.5m turnover , employs 30 full-time trainers and specialises in microsoft products , particularly under windows .


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it has used project in conjunction with other microsoft products such as excel , word , mail , powerpoint , visual basic , access and superbase .


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'for us , ease-of-use was a compelling issue , but for historical reasons it was extremely important that it was part of the microsoft family , ' says james cowling .


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***** software details microsoft project the product , microsoft project version 3.0 was launched in january 1992 , a windows -based graphical project management package , powerful and easy to use .


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price : pounds 495 ; sold through dealers or vars ; free technical support from microsoft .


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user views - pros : 'integral part of microsoft family , integrates with excel , and so on .


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lack of flexibility. ' contact : microsoft is based in reading , tel 0734 270 001 .


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microsoft , undisputed leader of the personal computer software industry , has done what it vowed it would never do by signing a consent decree to antitrust charges levelled by the us justice department and the european commission .


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'we had very much in mind what happened to ibm , ' said mr bill neukom , microsoft chief counsel , referring to the computer company 's decade-long struggle against antitrust charges in the us which , when finally dropped , were picked up in the european courts .


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by settling the complaints on what it called 'reasonable terms ' , microsoft has brought to an end four years of speculation surrounding the antitrust investigations , which raised a far broader range of allegations than those specified in the official complaint .


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notably omitted from the official complaint , for example , were the allegations of several microsoft competitors that the company 's applications software group had unfair advantages over competitors because of internal links - a charge which if it had been upheld , might have led to a forced division of the company .


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thus some may see the settlement as a let-off for microsoft , despite the strong rhetoric of ms janet reno , us attorney general , who charged that microsoft was being forced to abandon 'illegal monopolistic practices ' that have 'choked off competition and preserved its monopoly position ' .


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pc buyers will have a wider choice of operating systems and pc manufacturers will no longer have to pay royalties to microsoft for computers not containing its software , she said .


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'the operating system wars are over - microsoft is the winner , ' said mr richard shaffer , president of technologic partners , a technology research company in new york .


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the huge installed base of microsoft operating systems - some 120m pcs have ms-dos installed - together with the plethora of applications designed to run on microsoft 's operating systems , virtually guarantee that microsoft will continue to dominate the field for some time .


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ibm , microsoft 's strongest rival in the pc operating system market , sold about 3m copies of its os/2 program last year compared with microsoft 's sales of about 2m copies of windows a month .


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the consent decree might create a short-lived opportunity for novell , one of microsoft 's fiercest antagonists on the antitrust issue .


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the utah company offers an alternative version of microsoft 's dos , called dr-dos , and has been struggling to persuade pc manufacturers to adopt it .


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however , with microsoft planning later this year to launch 'chicago ' - a new pc operating system that incorporates all of the functions of ms-dos , windows and more - novell 's chances of stealing microsoft custom may prove to be limited .


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now , with chicago on the horizon , microsoft has little to lose because none of its competitors has a product that can match the new operating system .


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the only obvious beneficiaries of the microsoft settlement are pc manufacturers , who now have the right to demand new licensing terms from microsoft .


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yet their bargaining strength is still limited by microsoft 's dominant role in the pc industry .


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microsoft is not , however , entirely off the hook .


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although microsoft has not admitted guilt in the consent decree , the justice department allegations might bolster charges brought by competing software companies , he said .


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microsoft also faces a 6 1/2 - year period during which its activities will be closely monitored by the department and by eu competition authorities .


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he acknowledged , however , that if microsoft should become 'slow -footed or start second-guessing ourselves too much we could fall behind the pace of the industry . '


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it is a fate that microsoft must now work harder to avoid .


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microsoft faces deadline to agree to negotiate settlement july 16 settlement announced .


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yet its success comes in part from the miserable performance of microsoft 's most ambitious project ever , a new personal-computer operating system called os/2 .


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but microsoft does n't languish with it .


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for even as he was developing os /2 , mr. gates kept tinkering with his `` windows , '' a program microsoft had announced seven years ago .


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now , dozens of computer manufacturers are ready to announce that they will buy the new windows -lrb- it 's $ 150 if purchased alone -rrb- from microsoft and give a copy to every buyer of their machines .


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analysts expect windows-related products to generate at least $ 350 million of sales for microsoft in the next year .


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apple is suing microsoft , claiming windows is too close to macintosh software .


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despite his lack of tact , he forges alliances with rival companies , overcoming occasional charges that he is ruthless and takes unfair advantage of a potential conflict of interest : microsoft both supplies the basic operating software that producers of applications programs need , and sells rival applications .


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in microsoft 's early years , mr. gates was plagued by periods of doubt or depression .


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his mood has been more upbeat for the past three years , buoyed by microsoft 's huge success as both a setter of computing standards and a purveyor of applications .


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today the 34-year-old mr. gates , as the owner of 35.8 % of microsoft , is a multibillionaire .


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microsoft 's past blunders also make mr. gates anxious .


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and microsoft decided to scrap the release of its first data-base management product because so far it is n't distinctive enough .


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`` i 'd say there 's as much stuff screwed up now -lcb- at microsoft -rcb- as there always is , '' mr. gates frets .


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he is currently plotting to put his operating systems into fax machines and electronic notepads , and he wants microsoft to excel in supplying databases , networking and home-entertainment software as well .


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software firms could `` never be more leery than they already are '' about microsoft 's intentions , says jim manzi , ceo of lotus .


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mr. gates denies misleading competitors , and argues that for years microsoft encouraged software firms to write for windows .


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in contrast , microsoft is likely to sell $ 244 million worth of windows applications in its fiscal year beginning july 1 , predicts shearson lehman hutton .


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the ibm link helped microsoft set the most important pc standards , spawning an entire industry around its ms-dos operating software .


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`` it 's sort of like we 're this ibm lab that they do n't own or control , '' says jon shirley , who is microsoft 's president -lrb- he 's retiring soon -rrb- .


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for years , ibm ignored this `` windows , '' instead paying microsoft generously to help it produce the new os /2 operating system .


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even today , mr. gates 's relationship with ibm is stormy , and he ca n't always get big blue to stick with microsoft to the exclusion of rivals .


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in february , ibm said publicly that it would offer its new family of workstations with a piece of system software made by steve jobs 's next inc. instead of microsoft .


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the next month , ibm decided not to use microsoft printer software for its full range of computers .


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`` even microsoft ca n't unilaterally impose standards on the industry , '' says michael swavely , president of compaq computer corp. 's north american operations .


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for instance , executives at hewlett-packard co. were stunned last year when microsoft struck a deal with apple to jointly develop printer software , even though apple has a suit pending against microsoft .


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h-p has its own approach to printer software , which it considers worthy of microsoft 's support .


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yet microsoft did n't even warn h-p of the impending deal .


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even if microsoft thinks it can improve its operating software with code developed by outsiders , it wo n't pay a royalty .


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microsoft asked adobe for the right to include these programs in its operating software , arguing that a linkup might vastly expand adobe 's markets -- but not offering any royalty money .


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phillipe kahn , ceo of borland international inc. , phoned mr. gates last month when he learned microsoft had hired his chief of research .


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his persistence is n't lost on microsoft 's executives .


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discussions with microsoft engineers resemble a legal proceeding , with mr. gates as prosecuting attorney .


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even though microsoft now has 5,000 employees , mr. gates keeps in contact with its engineers by dispatching memos over the company 's electronic mail network , sometimes as many as 30 in a day .


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the project involves just seven people and is one of dozens like it at microsoft , yet mr. gates regularly gives tips to mr. frink .


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says david marquardt , a microsoft director : `` my great hope is that bill will never grow up . ''


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microsoft 's financial wizardry applications lead the way ...


Question: which city in china has the largest number of foreign financial companies ?

-lrb- tokyo asahi shimbun 8 mar 94 p 11 -rrb- financial issues - chinese provinces urge japanese banks to set up branches -- provincial and municipal governments in china 's interior areas have requested that japan 's major commercial banks , such as sanwa and sumitomo , establish branches and representative offices in their jurisdictions , according to the 10 march nikkei kinyu shimbun .


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in the past , japanese banks have focused on china 's coastal areas , where japanese companies have made conspicuous inroads , but now they are responding to requests made by city and provincial governments in inland areas and are seriously looking into setting up offices there .


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despite the fact that investment by japanese companies in these regions is still rather limited , the banks are now seriously considering where to set up offices in china 's interior areas .


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sumitomo bank is offering seminars to financial institutions in beijing to enhance its presence there , while the presidents of the bank of tokyo and mitsubishi bank recently visited china and appealed to the mayor of beijing for authorization to establish branches .


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china to authorize japanese banks to use yuan - japanese banks will be authorized to use the chinese yuan , but initially only for deposit-taking functions , according to the 8 march nikkei kinyu shimbun .


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the people 's bank of china has not specified how deposits will be obtained or precisely when the deposit-taking functions will begin , but major japanese commercial banks understand from discussions with the people 's bank that they will be able to start taking yuan -based deposits sometime in the spring or summer of 1994 .


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the ministry of finance has continued to press the chinese government to authorize japanese banks to use the chinese currency because the recent change in china 's foreign exchange system is having an adverse effect on japanese banks doing business there , according the 4 february nikkei kinyu .


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when a japanese company operating in china sells yuan and buys a foreign currency , it must first transfer the money to the people 's bank of china , where the japanese bank has an account , thereby making it more troublesome for the company to use a japanese rather than a chinese bank .


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according to the 8 march nikkei kinyu , some people assert that authorization to use the yuan is a `` matter of life or death '' for japanese banks in china , and the recent indication that the yuan can be used for deposit-taking functions is being interpreted by japanese banks as the `` first step '' toward full banking operations .


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takazawa reports that the firm , which initially exported only foodstuffs and ginseng tea to japan , now trades in more than 30 products -- including construction materials , steel , cement , automobiles , and agricultural products -- with japan , china , and some southeast asian and european countries .


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china accounts for `` just under 70 percent `` of toshiba 's exports , nikkei sangyo notes .


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-lrb- tokyo nikkei sangyo shimbun 3 mar 94 p 6 -rrb- china : domestic developments - guangzhou 's 1993 economic growth maintains double-digit increase -- guangzhou city continued its rapid economic development in 1993 with the `` overwhelming majority '' of its principal aggregate production quotas achieving double-digit growth , thus overfulfilling the city 's annual plan .


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-lrb- guangzhou nanfang ribao 13 feb 94 p 1 -rrb- outlook for auto industry in 1994 - china produced 1,280 , 000 cars in 1993 , fulfilling 116.4 percent of the annual plan .


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at the end of 1993 , china possessed 8,200 , 000 vehicles , but about 1 million old vehicles need to be scrapped or replaced .


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china plans to replace 250,000 vehicles in 1994 , mainly mid-size freight cars and sedans .


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china has adopted severe measures to crack down on car smuggling , reorganize border and barter trade , and limit imports .


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the no. 1 auto group will supply 180,000 vehicles , the dongfeng group 210,000 , the heavy vehicle group 20,000 , china automobile company 80,000 , the beijing company 130,000 , the tianjin company 110,000 , the shanghai company 110,000 , the jinbei company 40,000 , and converted defense enterprises 140,000 .


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-lrb- hong kong south china morning post -lrb- business post -rrb- 16 mar 94 p 5 -rrb- guizhou defense enterprises support rural enterprises - rural enterprises in guizhou province have set their sights on the personnel , technology , equipment , products , and market superiority of defense enterprises .


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-lrb- beijing zhongguo xinwen she 0811 gmt 5 mar 94 -rrb- guangxi regional airline set for 28 march launch - guangxi province plans to establish a new regional airline company , guangxi airline co. ltd. , a joint venture between guangzhou -based china southern airline and the nanning -based guangxi zhizhuang holding co. , beginning operations 28 march .


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shanghai now has 26 foreign financial companies , the largest number in china .


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forty four of china 's 500 joint ventures with the highest sales volumes are located in shanghai .


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the role of prc -funded firms in stoking the hong kong real estate market has attracted the scrutiny of chen yuan , vice president of the people 's bank of china and son of elder leader chen yun .


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highlighting concerns that badly needed capital is being diverted from china to earn quick profits in hong kong , chen yuan stated that china faced a shortage of foreign exchange and construction capital , and he had a `` disapproving attitude '' towards prc -funded entities speculating in the hong kong real estate market .


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however , chen yuan said that it was normal for prc -funded enterprises in hong kong to buy office buildings and residences for their staff , adding that the bank of china ran its banking business in hong kong independently , determining its scale of mortgage lending according to the market situation .


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chen yuan also noted that the people 's bank of china was not paying any special attention to the issue .


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zhongguo tongxun she at 1400 gmt on 17 march cites lu ping , in remarks to a group of hong kong delegates to the national people 's congress , as saying that china - funded enterprises should refrain from actions detrimental to hong kong 's prosperity and stability .


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taiwan 's jun tai group and the shanghai international trust and investment company are organizing a `` shanghai development fund `` with $ 150 million to invest in enterprises in shanghai ; the u.s. -based boston pacific technology and investment fund is cooperating with financial organizations on the mainland to set up funds to invest in projects in shanghai ; and the u.s. -based multinational ge financial services has joined other companies to promote a $ 50-million china industrial investment fund .


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in addition , a china fund aimed at investing in high-tech projects is likely to be established this year , while 34 state enterprises and financial organizations on the mainland are discussing the idea of establishing a `` chinese enterprises development fund `` in beijing with a hong kong company .


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-lrb- beijing zhongguo xinwen she 0808 gmt 5 mar 94 -rrb- wholesale grain , oil markets show rapid development - china 's wholesale markets for grain and vegetable oil have shown rapid development and there are now two state-level markets , the zhengzhou wholesale grain market and the shanghai grain and vegetable 0il exchange .


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-lrb- hong kong south china morning post -lrb- business post -rrb- 8 mar 94 p 3 -rrb- guangdong governor wants more foreign banks , cites funds shortage - guangdong governor zhu senlin says that his province is suffering from a shortage of funds and will try to absorb at least $ 10 billion in foreign investment .


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he also said that guangdong should try to attract more foreign banks and china -funded banks in hong kong and macao to set up branches in the province .


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zhu requested the head office of the people 's bank of china to consider easing the number of foreign banks allowed into guangzhou .


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zhu wanii , governor of the guangdong branch of the people 's bank of china , said that guangdong should make better use of the fund management experience and skills of hong kong and macao .


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china mainly imports steel , coal , wool , gold , and raw materials from south africa and exports textiles and electrical goods .


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-lrb- hong kong zhongguo tongxun she 0953 gmt 13 mar 94 -rrb- taiwan company invests in fujian , shanghai - taiwan 's leading warehousing enterprise , far east warehousing company , recently started setting up operation bases in mainland china .


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-lrb- hong kong lien ho pao11 mar 94 p 22 -rrb- shenzhen reaches agreement with south korean firm on oil refinery - china petrochemical corp -lrb- sinopec -rrb- has reached agreement in principle with yukong ltd , south korea 's leading refinery company , to build a $ 1.5-billion oil refining project in shenzhen special economic zone , guangdong province .


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yukong has a long-term agreement to import 10,000 barrels of oil per day from china .


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-lrb- hong kong south china sunday morning post -lrb- sunday money -rrb- 13 mar 94 p 2 -rrb- heilongjiang imports telephone switchboards from australia - qingan county in heilongjiang province formally put its program- controlled telephone switchboards with a total capacity of 6,000 lines into operation on 15 march , thus becoming one of heilongjiang 's counties with advanced telecommunications equipment imported from australia .


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on 10 march , the china post and telecommunications equipment company , the heilongjiang provincial post and telecommunications bureau , and a german company jointly signed this contract .


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-lrb- beijing zhongguo xinwen she 0810 gmt 5 mar 94 -rrb- taiwan : taiwan 's 1993 mainland investment trend outlined - by october 1993 , china had approved more than 15,100 requests by taiwanese enterprises to do business on the mainland for a total negotiated cost of $ 13.6 billion .


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this large-scale and pluralistic grouping trend in taiwan 's investment in china will continue .


Question: which city in china has the largest number of foreign financial companies ?

-lrb- taipei ching-chi jih-pao 15 jan 94 p 2 -rrb- companies planning to invest in mainland 's hainan province - according to a 21 february nihon keizai shimbun article by yosahiko sakurai , one of the paper 's hong kong correspondents , private-sector taiwan companies are planning large investments in china 's hainan province .


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sakurai maintains that one uncertainty regarding investment in hainan is `` deep-seated opposition '' to promoting trade with china among taiwanese governmental officials .


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-lrb- taipei ching-chi jih-pao 3 mar 94 p 2 -rrb- competitive edge in u.s. , japan deteriorates - a quarterly report released on 7 march by the industry development bureau shows the republic of china 's export competitive edge in the united states and japan is deteriorating rapidly in terms of constant market share .


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a recent article in a seoul journal features the views of two experts on north korea on the dprk 's interest in china 's reforms and the prospect for change in north korea .


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in the 3 february sisa journal , kim pong-tok , a professor at northeast finance university in china , gave the following reasons as to why north korea would be interested in china 's approach to reform : a -rrb- china has made economic reform a priority , allowing social changes when timing and conditions are right , in order to `` minimize shock ; '' b -rrb- china has been able to maintain a `` socialist structure '' under `` communist leadership ; '' and c -rrb- if reforms are well planned from the outset , they can take place gradually , as they are in china .


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kim points out that north korea 's joint venture law offers foreigners more favorable terms than china 's law , and concludes by saying that `` north korea could rise as a new star of the far east , if reform is properly handled . ''


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sisa also reports the views of ho mun-yong , a prominent researcher at the national unification research institute , regarding north korea 's outlook on china 's reforms .