Word: sprawlingly
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...galleries, yet Wines insists that it is commercially and structurally feasible. The project is an attempt to resolve the basic conflict of urban America: people want to live close together in order to enjoy the cultural and commercial benefits of high residential concentration and to reduce urban sprawl and the cost of commuting. But they also want single-family houses with architectural diversity and some private greenery around them. Wines would take these separate homes, yards and all, and stick them into eight-to ten-story-high steel-and-concrete frameworks to create "plots...
...proverbial little old ladies in tennis shoes to a powerful citizens movement. This movement recognizes that there are no more frontiers in America and that people can no longer "Go west" to escape our chaotic urban environment. Rather, we must bring some order, stability and livability to the urban sprawl. We need urban conservation as much as we need to preserve our natural resources...
...computer hacker. As midnight wears on to 3 a.m. and then 6 a.m., the hum of conversation dies and Wean Hall becomes very quiet. But the lights burn on, the soft-drink machine on the third floor continues to dispense 16-oz. bottles, and nocturnal computerniks still sprawl before green screens, clack-clacking their instructions into the memory of a DEC-20 system...
...order became another unexpectedly emotional issue during campaigning, as some rightist candidates shamelessly exploited fears that high unemployment and a rising crime rate could be blamed on immigrants, notably from North Africa. Antigovernment voting was most pronounced in Marseille, in the tough urban sprawl around Lyon, and in other such areas with large immigrant concentrations...
...burning of wood can deplete forests and increase air pollution. Building towers to harness wind may disrupt wildlife habitats and the migratory flights of birds. Fires in homes with photovoltaic cells can result in the release of noxious fumes. And direct use of the sun could add to urban sprawl since collection devices are not as efficient in high-rise apartments as they are in small houses...