Out of sight, out of time

Article Abstract:

Civil engineers may face an increased demand for help with replacing or upgrading underground storage tank (UST) during 1998. UST owners have until Dec 22 1998 to ensure that their tanks comply with federal regulations passed 10 years earlier. Regulation requirements include registration, corrosion resistance and the installation of leak detection systems. The legislation has been effective in reducing contamination of sites, but 50% of tanks were still uncompliant at the end of 1997, with the government sector performing particularly badly in this respect.

Laws, regulations and rules, Underground storage

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Conducting electricity

Article Abstract:

An overview is presented of the career of James Levine, who has been conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York for over 30 years. Levine's first appearance at the venue was at the age of 27, since when he has conducted at approximately 2,000 performances of 75 operas.

United States, Officials and employees, Achievements and awards, Conductors (Music), Metropolitan Opera House, Levine, James

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Wish you hadn't asked?

Article Abstract:

Evaluating the performance of the banking industry has always been much harder than other industries because of different standards in each country. First Consulting and the London Business School have devised a method for equitably analyzing bank performance.

Standards, Banking industry, Evaluation, Industrial efficiency, Economic efficiency

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