Word: outer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Arthur Avenue, however, the scene suddenly changes--four large blocks of vacant land covered with overgrown weeds mark the outer boundary of Belmont. But here Logue has received federal fundings for the construction of 66 owner-occupied homes to be sold with various subsidies to lower-middle-class people. Logue predicts that the project will further the stability of this part of the South Bronx by attracting new homeowners to the area. He believes these homeowners, like the residents of Belmont, will take a more active interest in the up-keep of their community than would renters. For SBDO...
...either: often difficult to manage, uncomfortable to wear, easy to lose. Is there any other option? Some ophthalmologists now think there is. They say two common vision problems-near- and farsightedness (myopia and hyperopia)-can be corrected or eased with surgery that reshapes the cornea, the eye's outer covering...
...operation that was inspired by the accident, a procedure called radial keratotomy (a cut or slice into the cornea), the surgeon makes 16 or so incisions into the cornea. The cuts, varying in length and depth, extend from the outer edge of the cornea toward the center like spokes of a wheel. The internal eye pressure will stretch the nicked regions, thus flattening the center of the cornea...
...bureaucracy. "The school is ruled like the island of Timor," Allison says. "Everyone sits around a big fire. Up comes an issue. Those most interested in that issue gather in the center of the circle. Those in the inner circle study the matter, and bring it back to the outer circle for approval." He compares faculty members to "partners in a law firm...
Along the 7,863-mile Pacific littoral, where "coastline consciousness" is probably higher than anywhere else in the U.S., the Interior Department is planning to open 1.3 million acres on the outer continental shelf to oil exploration. This is sure to set the stage for another classic confrontation between the conflicting needs of safeguarding the environment and extracting vital natural resources. As with most environmental issues, the battle over the coast pits those who would exploit it further against those who would stop fiddling altogether with the littoral and its complex system of wetlands and estuaries. The need for growth...