Today Z, for zones... which are a top navigation level of theguardian.com.
And for the five architects whose teams proposed visionary projects for zones around New York harbor, the flood and blackout offered both confirmations and corrections of their visions.
In German cities, car owners can buy a windscreen sticker that is valid for zones in other parts of the country.
Gooseberries like cold weather and do best in U.S.D.A. Zones 3 to 5, though some varieties, including Glendale, do well as far south as Arkansas (Zone 8) and Jahns Prairie is rated for Zones 3 through 9.
After reviewing the evidence, the authors of a 2014 report by Steer Davies Gleave for the London Borough of Merton found better evidence for zones reducing speed and collisions than for sign-only limits.
Mr. Jones of the U.S. Treasury said he believed that there should be a way for zones to share trade data and best practices with one another, essentially policing activities and creating a blacklist of zones that do not comply.
The World Free Zone Convention, which is based in London and is the organizer of the annual conference, "is a meeting point for zones rather than a membership body," said its chairman, Graham Mather.
Violent protests by locals over land acquisition for zones have also deterred investors.Moreover, governments sometimes embrace SEZs for the wrong reason: to win praise for reform (and votes) without having to risk full liberalisation.
Stalin, however, consented readily to Churchill's provisional suggestion for zones of influence in southeastern Europe: the U.S.S.R. should be preponderant in Romania and in Bulgaria, the western powers in Greece, and western and Soviet influences should counterbalance one another evenly in Yugoslavia and in Hungary.
New laws allow for zones on virgin sites that range upwards from a minimum of 10 hectares (24 acres) for businesses such as software and bio-technology, to 1,000 hectares for multi-sector zones that might involve more than one developer and would include residential areas, hospitals, shopping centres and other amenities.
A year-long Travelcard for Zones 1 to 6 in London costs £1,720, but even those who commute into the capital from surrounding counties can save significant amounts of money by taking a fold-up bike on the train, and cycling for the last few miles of their journey.
