Residents say any stadium would further snarl traffic and open the way for unbridled development of commercial skyscrapers.

When Mount Prospect Manor opened here in 1927, the city was going through a period of unbridled development.

Such losses led in 1965 to the establishment of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, a significant weapon against unbridled development.

But he also has it in for local politicians, notably in Arcachon, who he says condone unbridled development at the expense of the bay's delicate environment.

The decision was seen as a lift for those who oppose unbridled economic development.

Similarly, Mr. Mellman, the Democratic pollster, said it would be possible for Democrats to attack Republican candidates who seemed too willing to allow unbridled development.

The Leshan Buddha has been affected by the pollution emanating from the unbridled development in the region.

Her father had been one of the first to organize efforts against the unbridled development of Ipanema.

Now the purity of that flow faces the gravest threats ever, from both old sewage systems and a new wave of unbridled development in the watershed.

But none of these issues make Mr. Kurzweil question the unbridled development of this technology.