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...does one on the one hand respond to what is a strongly felt pride and identity in Native American communities that leads Native American communities to want to congregate, to want to self-govern, to want, in many points in many times, to be an island in the ocean of our society; and at the same time, how does one avoid what I don't think is good for anybody, which is a sense of dependency on the larger society, a reliance on financial transfers from the outside, a view in terms of special programs that have an aspect...
Buyers of land hire their own designers, who must adhere to the town code concerning height, the pitch of the roof, the size and configuration of porches. Yet the rules change sensibly from neighborhood to neighborhood. On north-south avenues, for instance, large front yards are required, thus leaving ocean views unobstructed even from points well inland; the same homeowners, however, must erect streetside picket fences to provide pedestrians a reassuring sense of scale and enclosure. Along Seaside's widest boulevard, the guidelines will produce grand houses with verandas...
...royal couple spent nearly 20 minutes with the crowd, with Diana paying special attention to a group of handicapped children. One of them, 16-year-old Jonathan Lollar of Ocean Springs, Miss., got his dearest wish. Blind and suffering from an inoperable tumor, Lollar was enabled by the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America to come to Washington to meet the Princess. He was not disappointed. Diana was offered flowers and gifts, which she, like a practiced quarterback, deftly handed off to a lady-in-waiting behind...
Down a dirt drive near the ocean in Malibu, Calif., through a gate hidden in a fence and past hundreds of pecking chickens, TIME Correspondent Denise Worrell found a small cabin some distance from a large main house hidden in the twilight. By the scuttering glow of a single lantern near the cabin fireplace, Bob Dylan, drawing occasionally on a Kool, talked easily with her on a variety of subjects...
...think our whole team struggled a bit this weekend because it is a very difficult course,” Kang said. “The conditions were tough. There was a strong wind coming off the ocean and it was hard to compete with...