Word: frontierisms
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Perhaps Fairbanks can still claim to be on the edge of the last American frontier-it's the largest settlement in the Alaskan interior, the last real town before the roads end, the jumping-off point for the development of the Prudhoc Bay oilfields to the North. There are still a few old log houses on the main streets of town. But more conspicuous are the new housing developments where small kids ride bicycles with high-rise handlebars and long seats like the ones on their older brothers' Hondas and Harleys; more conspicuous are three perfectly-manicured Little League fields...
...Greek government from the first year has started a special program for the frontier regions...
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...East Pakistan is a frontier country, rather like Texas in the 1880's," Roger R. Revelle, director of the Center for Population Studies, said. He added that poor communication prevented the government from knowing the full extent of the tragedy. Revelle also underlined the role of shock, saying, "Imagine our reaction if an atomic bomb were dropped on New York. Most of us would be too stunned...
...FINE balance between film and stage action used conjointly in Zone 2 is lost in Zone 3, "The Frontier." Here, the one-time deserter is shown as an old man, a famous general named Chestnut. Propped in an army trunk, he seems likely to die any minute and the comic foils around him-and Army press agent, his wife, his girlguide daughters "One-Eyes," "Two-Eyes" and "Three-Eyes" -play no logical role in this moral crisis. Perhaps, if only for that perverse reason, they are more interesting than General Chestnut himself. The old Man guffaws, clutches his chest...