Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gently but relentlessly, the waves of the Gulf of Mexico pound the powdery white sand of the barrier reef off Texas' coast. The clear green water, and the silt and sand it has deposited over the centuries, created Padre Island, and have made it an increasingly popular vacation paradise. Yet what the waves have given, they are now taking away. Gently but relentlessly, Padre Island seems to be falling into...
Rick Labunski, a young and creative South Padre architect, and Mary Lou Campbell, leader of what Cunningham calls the island's "shell and bird" environmentalists, disagree over how much should be built on the barrier reef. Says Labunski: "Believe it or not, there are some people who do not want any development." Says Campbell: "In Texas, we have always thought there was plenty of everything, that nothing needed to be conserved. But is it really progress to destroy those natural things people have come to enjoy?" But they agree on one thing: in light of the erosion and devel...
...Players Championship (TPC) there this year. Last spring, Alexander was heading for a phenomenal sub-80 round on this monster only to have his dream thwarted by darkness on the 18th tee. This time, the Michigan state champion plans an early tee-off in hopes of breaking the 80 barrier...
Doctors concede that this kind of fraternal "charity" hardly seems appropriate any longer for a group with such high incomes. But a more telling criticism of professional courtesy is that it can be a barrier to good medical care. For one thing, the donor physician often feels exploited and overburdened. Says Pediatrician Lee Bass, Wolfson's partner: "There is a subtle difference in how you feel about people who get free care in your office and those who pay." Also, doctors and their families frequently have misgivings about taking up another doctor's time. The result: quick, inadequate...
...planned what kinds of programs we were going to put on and the amount of lead time we were going to allow to develop things of broader significance. We began several innovations: we created a whole new form of novel for television that broke the traditional time barrier, things you can't do in theater or in motion pictures. QB VII was the first major novel. It ran seven or eight hours. It's interesting to watch how we have moved into areas of social significance. There is a television movie coming up called The Cracker Factory...