Word: frontier
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...false storefront for a particularly conspicuous expression of eighties values. The organizers of the Reality Fest reversed the sixties ethos, putting the means (drugs) before the ends (enlightenment and love). Back in the sixties, young people had some positive beliefs about drugs like L.S.D. Hallucinogens were a new frontier, something the Establishment had not discovered, thus something that could allow youth to reach a higher level of understanding than their stuffy elders...
...Soviet-built plane crashed 200 yards inside South Africa's frontier with Mozambique about 30 miles south of this border town, said the South African foreign minister, R.F. Botha...
Typical of the seesaw battle has been the fight for Barikot, a garrison just across the border from the Pakistani town of Arandu. Barikot is a major base of Soviet operations to block rebel supplies from abroad. Since the mujahedin first attacked the northeastern frontier outpost six years ago, the Soviets have broken the siege twice, only to see the rebels re-establish it. Robert Schultheis, an American free-lance writer, recently made his third trip into Afghanistan since the war began -- and his second for TIME -- and observed the fighting around Barikot. His report...
...Manhattan's St. Regis- Sheraton hotel to announce what many had expected: the long, tortuous People Express saga had ended with the airline's tentative sale to rapidly expanding Texas Air. The price: a bargain $125 million. At the same time, Texas Air will buy People's grounded subsidiary, Frontier Airlines, for $176 million. The complex deals, which come in the wake of several other big airline mergers, could mark a turning point for the low-fare carriers and indeed for the entire industry. The swift consolidation in the skies also raises the prospect of reduced choices and higher prices...
Within days, the intense Lorenzo celebrated a second coup. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that it would give tentative approval to Texas Air's $600 million purchase of Eastern Air Lines, an agreement first struck last February. Piled atop the planned acquisition of People Express and Frontier, the Eastern deal confirms that Texas Air is about to become the country's No. 1 passenger airline, with 20.1% of the domestic market, passing former leader United...