Word: standards
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...patrol's main tasks was to note the progress the East Germans were making in renovating the hideous fence system they have built along the frontier to stop their citizens from escaping to the West. At one location, about 30 soldiers -guarded by other troops, in standard East German fashion-were sinking concrete pilings, stretching mesh wiring and installing self-firing explosives. Apparently the old system, consisting of two parallel mesh-wire fences with a minefield in front of each, was not considered deadly enough. Thus "improvements" are being made, at a cost of about $500,000 a mile...
...doubtful that the Twins will decide to pay Carew what he is worth during the next contract talks after the 1978 season. Although he would prefer to play in Minneapolis, Carew is resigned to the possibility of ending up on another team. Salaries are a standard by which players are judged, and he wants the financial recognition, if not the bright lights that his status deserves. "I wouldn't want to go to New York. It's a zoo. If I move, I'd like to go to Seattle or Toronto, to new clubs that are building...
...shuttle bus 24 hr. Flow Through: good. Curbside checkin. Baggage carts. Eleven architecturally dissimilar terminals, connected by shuttle bus 24 hr. Longest walk: 1,500 ft. Baggage checkout: fast. Hotels/Motels: good. International Hotel within airport. Five others close by. Amenities: adequate. Well-decorated but deteriorating terminals and lounges. Standard fast-food cafeterias. Best restaurant: Terrace Restaurant. Twenty bars, most close 10:30 p.m. Barbershops and beauty shops. In Pan Am and TWA buildings, circulating carts exchange foreign currency. Animal shelter. Hospital open 24 hr. Overall: easier on the eye than on the nerves...
...frequent shuttle-bus service. Flow Through: fair. Curbside checkin. No baggage carts. Two terminals linked by shuttle buses, one 500-ft. moving sidewalk leading to concourse area. Longest walk: 1,500 ft. Baggage checkout: sluggish. Hotels/Motels: sufficient. Hilton Inn right next to airport. Ten within 10 min. Amenities: middling. Standard lounges. Snack bars and coffee shops, two open 24 hr. Excellent Omelette Parlor (omelettes from $2.25). Best restaurant: International Room, attractive, expensive. Eight bars, largest open 7:15 a.m. to 1 a.m. Run-of-the-mill shopping, except for well-stocked bookstore, sourdough-bread booths and flower store that ships...
Pregnancy is not a disease, nor is it completely unavoidable. But even the best contraceptive methods are not infallible, and the only sure way to avoid pregnancy is abstention. By that standard, perhaps the court believes that Medicaid recipients who smoke should not be covered for cancer treatments; no one has to smoke, after all. The court's decision adds one more injustice to those the poor and disabled suffer in our society, an injustice that will be visited on the children as well as their parents...