Word: coasts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Today, the rock scene has shifted from England back to the U.S., and particularly to the West Coast (some San Franciscans are calling their city the Liverpool of the U.S.). There, as elsewhere in the States, rock is currently in the midst of a huge syncretic surge toward a new idiom-and the Beatles' wildly eclectic spirit hovers over it all. As the Lovin' Spoonful's songwriter, John Sebastian, says: "Here we are in the middle of the mulch...
...Aussies occurred in the third race when, midway through the opening, windward leg, a 12-ft. Beetle Cat boat piloted by two youths capsized directly in the path of the onrushing Intrepid. Mosbacher had to veer off sharply; in the process, Intrepid caught a blast of air from a Coast Guard rescue helicopter that wrapped her mainsail around the backstay, cost her more than 30 sec. of racing time. She still beat Dame Pattie to the first mark...
Sharing the Loot. Some residents of Long Beach find the islands so effective that they would like to see them made a permanent addition to the harbor. At night, the "apartment buildings" are illuminated, providing an appealing vista along the coast. Eventually, each island will be decorated with shrubbery, artificial 30-foot waterfalls and clusters of large abstract sculptures...
Paris could scarcely have been more than a tribal village when Phoenician sailors established Massilia on the southern coast of France during the 6th century B.C. So strong were the Massilians and the fortifications they built that not until Caesar laid extended siege to Massilia in 49 B.C. did the city's streets clink to the armor of invaders. Subsequently Romanized, then later buried for centuries beneath the foundations of what became the port of Marseille, the fortifications were unearthed this summer when contractors began excavations for three high-rise commercial buildings, a cultural center...
...sure, she added, "it also looks a bit like the southeastern coast of the United States-you know, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia." What technique had she employed to achieve such double-barreled results? "Well," she said modestly, "I started in the upper left-hand corner and just painted down and across." Why? "Because that way the paint doesn't smudge...