In order to get the CO, the house had to pass a town inspection, which it had initially failed due to a wire near the stove, an outlet near the kitchen sink and a battery in the smoke detector in the attic.

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As the White House carefully attempts to ratchet up the pressure on Saddam Hussein to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspection teams in Iraq, Clinton used today's occasion to insist that the Iraqis comply with existing U.N. resolutions.

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To qualify even for these usurious loans, customers must pass inspection with an Elektra manager who checks reported salaries and an inspector who makes house calls to verify addresses and inventory possessions.

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