The law's seniority rules theoretically mean that, for example, the taps to Las Vegas would be shut completely before a single lettuce-grower in California's Imperial County lost a drop.

法律中规定的用水优先权从理论上来看，比如在一位加州帝王郡种生菜的农民损失掉一滴水之前，整个拉斯维加斯的城市用水将被切断。

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Jon Gibbons, of Imperial College London, argues that a single competition will not be enough to create an industry.

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But the drafters of the first Imperial House Law decided not to allow women to ascend the throne in order to preserve the single line that, according to legend, is descended from the sun goddess, Amaterasu Omikami.

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