Word: outdoors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...outdoor sports enthusiast-swimming, skiing, surfing-and hate traffic and the mad pace of city life," Frisbie continued. "I've observed too many people who aren't happy, and I think I won't be happy living in the city either. I can't see myself as a computer, and because of that would like to set up a rural law practice somewhere...
...only one to view the scene with an equanimity approaching amused resignation. Indeed the whole crowd-radicals and jocks, professors and police-seemed to be light in spirit. Smatterings of laughter and calm, friendly conversations among strangers were the sounds that dominated; it could have been an outdoor summer cocktail party or a campfire, were it not for the lateness of the hour, the fire trucks, and the wreckage one could see by looking up at the third story CFIA windows...
...problem is space. Just 15 years ago, the average steer in the U.S. had about 86,000 sq. ft. of open range to roam in. The land could absorb excretion; natural processes converted it to fertilizer. Today the steer is likely to be crowded into outdoor feed lots with only 200 sq. ft. of living space. Feed lots, where livestock is scientifically bred and fattened for slaughter, were rare in the early 1950s. Now there are 256,000 for cattle alone, and a single facility containing 50,000 head is not uncommon. Since these feed lots are concentrated near cities...
...there, and Fairchild flies down almost every weekend to loll in a hammock, barbecue steaks on the outdoor fireplace and splash gingerly in the gentle surf...
...American family protect its children from drugs, revolution and general hell raising? It might try keeping them wet. At least no generation has ever found itself so much at home in the water. At the A.A.U. national outdoor swimming championships in Los Angeles last week, the tanned young amphibians splashed to an incredible 13 world records in 30 events. The new marks-ten for the boys and three for the girls-left the U.S. in possession of 14 of the 16 world records for men, and 13 of the 15 for women...