Nearly 5,000 restaurants in 1997 had escaped any inspection, and even the worst offenders were allowed to stay open.
Yet while it is tempting to dismiss the fall's dark offerings as, at best, a return to basics and, at worst, kind of a downer, close inspection reveals any number of green shoots amid the gray.
Grading appears to shift inspection resources away from the worst offenders.
Robert C. Coleman, a retired F.D.A. investigator, said in an e-mail that while the inspection report was not the worst he had seen, "I would not want to use any of the company's products".
If there is to be a delay in that particular party while the project, many years in the making, goes through a final inspection, it's not the worst thing in the world for Brown.
What we have now is the worst situation with the UN saying it wants inspection but countries like the US aren't really willing to give it a chance.
identification of the scenario, in situ inspection, choice of typical configurations (mean and/or worst case), reproduction of the scenario.
This preliminary activity requires a sequence of steps: identification of the scenario, in situ inspection, choice of typical configurations (mean and/or worst case), reproduction of the scenario.
Donald Stedman, an emissions expert at the University of Denver suggests replacing the mandatory emissions testing for all vehicles with a team of mobile inspection vans that would more effectively identify the worst polluters.
