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...wonder about the greater life of the borough. The Dodgers had been a unifying force for Brooklyn at several stages of its history—from its consolidation into Greater New York in the 1890s to the civil rights movement and Robinson’s smashing of the color barrier. Who knows what else the Dodgers could have steered Brooklyn through? Who’s to say that we wouldn’t be better, happier people with Ebbets Field still standing...
...Taylor refused to let that barrier keep her from a trip to Edmonton and a spot on the U.S. National Team. She eclipsed the standard with a run of 55.46 seconds at the Zagreb 2001 meet in Croatia on July...
...backyard wildlife habitat seal to those who curtail their lawns in favor of native plants that feed and shelter indigenous wildlife and require less pesticide and water. Applications have increased nearly 20% in the past three years. "Lawns can serve as a play space for children or a psychological barrier between homeowners and the street," says N.W.F. spokeswoman Mary Burnette, "but many people have more lawn than is good for the environment...
...movement in the room. In more sophisticated radar detectors, like the prototype made by Time Domain Corporation of Huntsville, Ala., the crude LED display is replaced by dancing circles and colored blobs that show both the location and trajectory of moving objects on the other side of an opaque barrier...
...fades one of the quotidian figures of life in Boston. Thousands of stickers on token booths will be scraped away; hundreds of thousands of commuters will slowly forget the multiples of 85 cents. The city’s quirky transportation system, its fares no longer quaintly nestled under the barrier of a dollar, rumbles into the 21st century...