Schlager (1997, p. 14) observed that the field of policy studies is characterized by 'mountain islands of theoretical structure, intermingled with and occasionally attached together by foothills of shared methods and concepts, and empirical work, all of which is surrounded by oceans of descriptive work not attached to any mountain of theory' (cited in Sabatier 2007, p. 323).
As Michael Li, a senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, told me, "There are districts that were drawn to keep communities in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains together, because people said, 'Gosh, our community of interest is we get wildfires.
Also, he and Jeannie built a home together in the foothills above Santa Rosa, finally solidifying their life together.
WHAT -- 6-bedroom house HOW MUCH -- $590,000 This riverfront log house in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains was put together from old tobacco barns collected from around the South.
Mr. Zardari and Mr. Sharif, appearing at a news conference together in the Himalayan foothill resort area of Bhurban, said they would implement a Charter for Democracy that included removing the president's power to dissolve Parliament and his power to appoint the chiefs of the military services.
From our home base, Gordon's cabin in the Chugach foothills just east of Anchorage, we planned to drive up together to the entrance of Denali, just north of Cantwell, 237 miles.
We would end up at strangers' parties together; on the way home, driving through the foothills, he would hang onto the car roof while I took the turns too hard.
The first was a dinner honoring Congressman Kolbe, which brought 600 persons connected to Tucson's business, political and cultural elites together in the ballroom of a resort in the foothills of the Catalina Mountains.
Six of us had come together for a malbec wine tasting tour, not, as you might assume, in the foothills of the Argentinian Andes, but in Cahors, south-west France.
Gary Snyder, the Zen poet, lives on a hundred backcountry acres in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, meditates mornings, and thanks his food before he eats it, clapping his hands together and saying "Itadakimasu," which is Japanese for "Thank you very much".
