Word: ocean
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...what has been denied the human heart in Couples has been lavished freely on the appearances of things. The book contains the most subtle renderings of the face of nature, the bleak marshes near Foxy's house, the constantly changing face of the ocean...
...been moved three times, now has the sea only 50 ft. from its doorstep. Parts of North Carolina's storm-crossed Outer Banks are dissolving into the Atlantic at the rate of 15 ft. a year. There is literally no beach left in parts of Miami Beach; the ocean is lapping at the sea walls, even threatens to topple a brand-new high-rise-apartment complex appropriately named Harbor House...
...Christmas trees, haul them to the beaches, where they trap flowing sand and shore up the dunes, and Boy Scouts plant marsh grass to anchor the dunes. One hardy variety of sea grass that has been developed by North Carolina State University grows 4 ft. high in twelve months. Ocean City, N.J., is experimenting with nylon bags that can be filled on the spot with sand and used as temporary groins. On Wallops Island, Va., NASA has proposed planting plastic seaweed just beyond the surf line to reduce the action of the waves...
...Corps of Engineers has found that the most effective way to repair erosion is simply to bring new sand to the beaches-either hauling it in by truck or pumping it up from the ocean floor. Such methods have successfully rebuilt California's Redondo Beach, for example, where 14 years ago the waves were breaking over the sea wall and across the road behind. But these measures are expensive. Atlantic City has invested $9,000,000 over the years on a combination of jetties and pumping devices to keep its tourist industry alive. California spends more than...
...airlines have been in a fierce fight for control of new territory. Up for consideration before the Civil Aeronautics Board have been all the existing U.S. air routes and all the new routes that the airlines would like to fly over a vast area washed by the Pacific Ocean. The final allocation of flight lines will affect American-flag traffic over half the globe-including great swaths of North America, Asia and Australia...