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Let \(M_\alpha\) be the fractional maximal operators defined for locally integrable functions \(f\) on \({\mathbb R}^n\) and \(0\leq \alpha <n\) by \[ M_\alpha f(x)=\sup_{Q\ni x}|Q|^{\alpha/n-1}\int_{Q}|f|, \] where the supremum is taken over all cubes with sides parallel to the coordinate axes. \textit{E. T. Sawyer} [Stud. Math. 75, No. 1, 1-11 (1982; Zbl 0508.42023)] gave necessary and sufficient conditions for weights \(v\), \(u\) for which \(M_\alpha\) are bounded from \(L_v^p({\mathbb R}^n)\) into \(L_u^q({\mathbb R}^n)\), where \(1<p \leq q < \infty\). The proof of \textit{E.Sawyer} is based on analogous results for dyadic maximal operators (defined as the supremum over all dyadic cubes containing \(x\)), and passing to the non-dyadic operator, an averaging argument due to \textit{C. Fefferman} and \textit{E. M. Stein} [Am. J. Math. 93, 107-115 (1971; Zbl 0222.26019)]. Later, \textit{A. Gogatishvili} and \textit{V. Kokilashvili} [Georgian Math. J. 3, No.~5, 423-446 (1996; Zbl 0884.42015)] gave a new proof on spaces of homogeneous type which is based on new covering lemmas and does not involve the dyadic maximal operators (which are very complicated in spaces of homogeneous type). In the paper under review, the author, using the ideas of \textit{A. Gogatishvili} and \textit{V. Kokilashvili} (loc. cit.), gives a new simple proof for the Euclidean space. This approach leads to avoid doubling conditions. He also gives simple proofs of other weighted norm inequalities.