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...determination I had, and plenty. The same kind of determination that our pioneer forebears showed when they forged a proud and free new home out of nothing but virgin soil and faith in God. So if the odds were against me, I knew that I had the guts to stick it out. And of course, if all else failed I could always pull some sleazy gimmick...
...abruptly halted new construction, promoting instead a market-driven approach to the problem. Community groups are quick to note that they cannot solve the housing shortage without renewed help from the Federal Government. Yet by developing more efficient construction techniques and innovative financing, the smaller builders hope to pioneer new solutions that draw on both public and private resources. As these groups demonstrate "more frugal ways, more effective ways to house the poor," observes Developer James Rouse, "we can emerge with federal programs that will make much more sense and will encourage enterprise and resourcefulness...
...only one pushing pouf this year. Ungaro, Cardin and Lagerfeld, among others, showed versions of the bubble. (Saint Laurent, who was blowing fashionable bubbles when Lacroix was in his grandmother's attic, showed an exquisite but conventional collection.) But not only did Lacroix pioneer the new silhouette, he is ineffably its presiding spirit...
Formerly affiliated with AT&T's Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, Jene Golovchenko is known throughout the field for his pioneer research on surface properties using tunneling electron microscopy and X-ray standing wave methods...
FRANK STELLA IS the Daniel Boone of the art world. While the hardy backwoods pioneer opened new lands to satisfy his hunger for "elbow room," Stella has spent his 20-year painting career trying to create "working space," his term for the expansive three-dimensional illusions painted by the post-Renaissance master Caravaggio...