Word: beaching
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...referendums last November. In 1964 only one state, New Hampshire, had a lottery. Christiansen/Cummings figures that the lotteries took in $17 billion last year, up 230% from 1983. As the lotteries have proliferated, so have the jackpots: Pennsylvania's $115.5 million drawing in April prompted bettors from Long Beach, Calif.; Long Island, N.Y.; and points between to flock to the Keystone State, where many stood in line for hours to buy tickets. A few years ago, a $5 million lottery prize was front-page news in most of the country; today it barely rates a paragraph on page...
...fumes from the spill wafted by the beach-front mansions in Newport, cleanup crews promptly deployed booms to contain as much of the spreading slick as possible. Robert L. Bendick, director of the state department of environmental management, reported that the disaster had attracted so many curiosity seekers that they were hampering cleanup efforts. The department ordered sightseers off the beaches until after the cleanup, and boaters were asked to stay at their docks...
...cost about $1,000, will depart alternately from Honfleur and Paris each week until fall. If the reactions of the first voyagers are any indication, the journey was worth the wait. "The trip has been far more than I expected," said Art Russell, a retired mechanical engineer from Vero Beach, Fla. "You see things from the boat that, from the road, are hidden." Agreed passenger Hamilton Perkins Jr.: "We've made 35 trips to Europe, and this was the best ever. It's the most beautiful countryside I've ever seen." Those wishing to follow in their wake will have...
Mysterious, romantic or comical, written by savvy veterans or bright, fresh talents, here are nine novels and story collections for the beach, hammock and porch...
...Hawaii a six-year-old skier collided with a woman kayaker; the woman died. In Arizona a baby girl sitting at the shoreline was washed along the rocks when a skier sent his wake crashing her way; she required 130 stitches. On Easter Sunday at Miami's Hobie Cat Beach, a nine- year-old boy was caught in the path of a water-scooter race; he died the next day. The skiers themselves suffer many of the injuries. Last summer a ski buff was killed when he hit a seawall...