Economists often maintain that corruption is a bar to development, but many countries — most notably, China — have enjoyed tremendous economic growth in spite of rampant graft.
In the same way that when we came to recognize the supreme ecological value of wetlands we erected high bars to their development, we need to recognize the value of farmland to our national security and require real-estate developers to do "food-system impact statements" before development begins.
Lacking any sense of Islamic tradition, and perhaps eager to prove themselves to their new peers, they are susceptible to extremism.On the other hand, because the path to extremism so often involves the renunciation of everything in one's own background, material comfort and a liberal upbringing seem to be no bar to the development of a terrorist.
James K. Hahn, the mayor of Los Angeles, now wants to freeze the valley in its current state by establishing some legally binding means to bar development on the city's Owens Valley properties forever.
"It was clear to me this group would not want a presidential visit without a firm, unambiguous agreement -- at a minimum -- to bar development, research and testing of missiles and exports," said Lee H. Hamilton, who heads the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Correction: August 11, 2004, Wednesday An article on Sunday about a proposal by Mayor James K. Hahn of Los Angeles to bar development on properties owned by the city in the Owens Valley of California misstated the population of Los Angeles in 1905, when it bought 320,000 acres of the valley.
Kennedy and Nunn, both strong advocates of stronger conventional forces, had led the successful Senate effort to bar development of a nuclear warhead for the short-range missile for the past four years.
In November 2000, the California Coastal Commission with little discussion voted unanimously to bar residential development on the 100-acre lower bench of the Bolsa Chica mesa and to set it aside as a protected habitat.
The conventional bar lapping approach to connect steel bars requires long development length and always leads to bar congestion problems.
