Word: newports
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Today, in treatment centers nationwide, patients are getting a message of openness and hope. In his therapy sessions, John Wallace, director of treatment at Edgehill Newport, a center in Newport, R.I., explains that alcoholism is a disease with a genetic basis, and nothing to be ashamed of. "I ask how many had a close alcoholic relative," he says, "and 95% raise their hands. That astonishes them." He describes the latest theories about neurochemical imbalances that make an alcoholic incapable of drinking normally. "They are really fascinated," he says. "It takes away a lot of their guilt and makes them less...
...high as that sounds, the sum the Reids paid for their home is not all that unusual in the U.S. of 1987. In suburban developments from Newport Beach in California to West Bloomfield near Detroit and from North Stamford, Conn., to the Buckhead area of Atlanta, luxury houses that start at $500,000 and run well over $1 million are sprouting in unprecedented numbers. Reason: the unusually long five-year-old economic expansion and the record-breaking stock market advance have rapidly swelled the ranks of the rich. Says Ray Gentile, a builder on Long Island's North Shore...
...most bizarre episode to date, the pilot of a small airplane who was spotting fish some 30 miles off the coast of Newport Beach reported that a rival fish-spotting pilot, just yards away, had drawn a gun on him, though no shots were fired. It was not the only example of the violence reaching into new territory. Highway officials in Arizona, Washington, Utah and Northern California reported armed confrontations last week, with one woman wounded near San Francisco...
...here in the Americas, Bragg is invited to folk festivals--in Vancouver, Toronto, Newport, and "by way of Dictatorship Airlines," in Managua, at the Festival Internacional del Libro Nicaragua...
...native tongue on radio, television and in print. Traditional English-language advertising agencies and a flock of bright, lively Hispanic firms are rushing to grab a piece of the business. Says Andres Sullivan, creative director of Mendoza, Dillon y Asociados, an eight-year-old Hispanic ad agency based in Newport Beach, Calif.: "People are realizing there's a major business opportunity out there...