Word: line
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state attorney general's office "descended" on the town, as some locals put it, and began forcing developers to build farther back from the sea. Previously, buildings had been allowed as close as 200 ft. from the water. Now construction can take place only up to the line where natural vegetation meets the beach. This strict enforcement of the state's open beaches law has led to heated disputes over where the nebulous vegetation line actually lies. Says Lilljedahl: "It's been a state of chaos...
...thought this was the point we could start building. But this young fuzzy-cheeked assistant A.G. was way up in the dunes, maybe 30 ft. behind me. 'What the hell you doing up there?' I asked. He says, 'I'm looking for the vegetation line...
...developer was not allowed to build as close to the sea as he had planned. Most developers wish the state would simply decree a building line. But the attorney general's office insists that because the shoreline is eroding, it is impossible to establish a permanent line, and developers should be kept as far back from the water as the law dictates...
Crimson starter Tim Clifford became a Wee Willie Keeler victim in the third when a grounder with a red-tipped white cane found its way through the infield and Maine second baseman Bob Anthione turned up the chalk on the left field line for a double and one tally. Two more hits brought the score...
Deutsch said that rather than totally rejecting divestiture, Harvard should "draw the line" or establish certain conditions where divestiture would be appropriate...