The petition advocates a state law banning smoking in most retail establishments and in government offices that are open to the public.

这份请愿书提倡制定一项州法律，禁止在大多数对公众开放的零售场所和政府办公室吸烟。

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The quake struck in the middle of the afternoon when offices, factories and public buildings were full.

地震发生在下午办公楼、工厂和其他公共场所人流密集的时段。

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Wei Ping from the center says all the landscape lamps and the illumination system in the public area, offices and theaters will be switched off.

魏平，大剧院的负责人表示，到时，所有公共场所的景观灯，照明系统，办公室以及剧院内部的灯都将熄灭，取而代之的美妙的音乐和舞曲，只有用于紧急情况的火警灯会亮着。

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The Muslim headscarf remains banned in public offices even though his wife wears one.

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True, Welfare's willingness to let civil servants wear head-scarves in public offices contravenes a high-court ruling on the subject.

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African Catholic women would like to see the end to all kinds of sexual, physical, and emotional abuses of women in marriages, sexual harassment and exploitation in public offices and in some churches, and the suppression of the rights of women in African society.

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