Critics of these new procedures argue that there is not enough supervision under the present conditions.
"If the present conditions continue, it will look very much like the 1910 eruption," Mr. Okada said.
Under the present conditions even a potential successor cannot expect to replace her.
So what will California's farms do if the present conditions continue, or worsen?
The students know, however, that under the present conditions, the hard-liners would never allow such a vote to take place.
"We are in favor of negotiations; we can negotiate for months, but we cannot negotiate under the present conditions," he said.
"NATO, its aims and tasks have to change to meet the present conditions," he said in remarks quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax.
Given the present conditions in Central America, I think that in 10 years the zone will become a highly dangerous dictatorship of the underworld".
Yes, under the present conditions, Barcelona might well play Bayern Munich in the last four or the final, but that is not quite the same.
On the other hand, it's a near certainty that U.S. withdrawal from Iraq under the present conditions would allow or encourage the present low-level civil war to become a full-blown conflict.
At the end of a day's work in the fish tanks, Fan practices holding her breath and floating underwater in preparation: for what she doesn't yet know, only that resisting the present conditions is always a good idea.
