Word: frontierment
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...with a paved parking lot in the middle, there's a statue of one of central Indiana's most famous literary characters, a sort of Hoosier Huck Finn named Little Balser. The main character of The Bears of Blue River, a book for adolescents set in the woods of frontier-era Shelby County, Balser spends his days striking off into the wilderness, slaying countless bears (and even an Indian or two) and worrying his parents sick. He is the prototype of an American teenager, a combustible combination of independence and irresponsibility...
...what’s the next frontier in making college more affordable? This page offers a sampling of suggestions made in response to this complex question...
...poorest city, the Commerce Department announced last month, with an average per capita income of $13,339 a year. But people on both sides are helping one another do the deals, cut the corners, take a region that was forever left behind and turn it into the New Frontier. The NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) prospectors saw in the opening of the border a chance to make a killing by taking factories that would otherwise head to Malaysia and plunking them down right across the border, where the average Mexican worker earns slightly more in a day than...
...frontier pioneer spirit, local leaders do draw a line. Why should the whole country benefit from the blessings of free trade if the border region pays the price? To enforce immigration policies over which they have no control, border counties lay out $108 million a year in law enforcement and medical expenses associated with illegal crossings, money most of these poor counties can't afford. Yes, there is a shortage of truck drivers, but there is also a shortage of judges to hear all the drug and smuggling cases. Arizona ambulance companies face bankruptcy because of all the unreimbursed costs...
...previous conduct, would be increased to $5,000 to $25,000. Criminal penalties for repeat offenders could include a minimum of a year in jail, up from a maximum of six months. Among the border enhancements: a 700-mile double fence along part of the 2,000-mile frontier with Mexico...