Word: frontierment
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...Reagan Administration Suq al Gharb had become the key position of the "red line," the frontier beyond which the Druze and their allies could not sbe allowed to pass. For several weeks Special Envoy McFarlane had been pressing the Administration to broaden the Marines' role in Lebanon. At the time of the Israeli withdrawal in early September, McFarlane had proposed that Marines be used to take over certain military positions in the Chouf. He also sought permission to move the Marines into the Chouf as part of a cease-fire offer. In a rare display of agreement, Secretary of State...
After the frontier rolled out to the Pacific, the undertow pulled it back to swell the cities. Then the movement reversed again, spilling millions into newly created suburbs. Meanwhile, the American countryside has been enjoying a resurgence. The 1980 census shows that after a decade of stagnation, rural areas grew 11.1% in population in the 1970s, to nearly 60 million people. The ruburbs fall into a demographic shadowland, at the far edge of the suburbs and the near fringe of farm country, where no statistics establish their health. What seems clear is that more and more city dwellers are fleeing...
Although Republicanism dominates in ruburbia, the struggle between natives and newcomers is not a truly political one. Like historic clashes on the frontier, ruburban standoffs often concern land. Once it was the Johnny-come-latelys who disfigured nature and tamed the wilds, but the case is now reversed. The environmentalists sweep into town from the cities, demanding that nothing change. Movements to create historic districts are started by ruburban newcomers who want codes to protect the small-town flavor that drew them there in the first place. But longtime residents proclaim their right to add vinyl siding and aluminum tool...
...changes the whole picture in number theory." Tate said. "We now know a lot more. The frontier has been pushed back." Faltings' breakthrough, he speculated, might help other researchers solve other problems related to the conjecture...
...seasons, the concert business is thriving again. The Police, who four years ago played to seven people in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., will perform before 1 million fans this summer in 30 U.S. cities. They sold out New York's Shea Stadium in just five hours for an August concert. Frontier Booking, New Music's hottest agency, will put 20 bands on the road this summer, twice as many as last year. The Liverpool group A Flock of Seagulls, for instance, arrived last year planning to give just a dozen concerts, and wound up touring for six months...