Word: littorale
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Every important act of man tends to upset the balance of nature. Last week along 1,300 miles of Pacific littoral, from far south of Point Conception to far north of Cape Disappointment, clouds of seagulls flapped anxiously over the waves, ranging out beyond their normal habitats to look in...
During his visit at California, Mr. Bingham conferred with Bill Monahan, graduate manager at that institution, who informed him that California had its doubts about the value of intersectional football games owing to the expense and trouble involved in taking the long trips and the time which the players are...
7). "Unceasing development of our harbors and the littoral waterways."
Last week, Governor Clement Calhoun Young of California cried: "Save the beaches!" In a newspaper article he declared that oil interests were menacing the "spectacular charm," "the permanent scenic and spiritual enrichment," of the littoral playground of Californians and their visitors. Let oil-drilling be remitted, asked Governor Young, until...
Dollars. On the Pacific littoral, that astute, thin-bearded Scotsman, Robert ("Robbie") Dollar, working these last few years through his able son, R. Stanley Dollar, has jibbed and tacked shipping so skillfully that transpacific commerce moves under his virtual control. Some 30 months ago he bought seven "President" steamers from...