Word: port
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ordeal of Charleston had seemed impossible to remedy. During the 100-day strike by nonprofessional black hospital workers, there were mass arrests, curfews, patrols by the National Guard, the threat of a sympathy strike that would have closed the port and the ever-present possibility of serious racial violence. Every attempt at settlement collapsed-until last week...
Little in Lagos mirrors the war be cause Nigeria so far has fought only a limited action. Open-air markets operate as usual, and military-age students hur ry blithely to classes. Foreign vessels crowd the port of Lagos. Palm oil, pea nut and cocoa exports are thriving and the economy is strong. Within earshot of Biafran guns, oil wells are pumping so robustly that Nigerian production this year will reach a record 255 mil lion barrels. Asked why they were pro testing the higher taxes needed for the army, participants in recent tax riots in outlying districts were stunned...
...lesser shares. Their hardest job has been to get the ore out from the Mount Newman area, which is 780 miles by road from the nearest large city, Perth. In just 14 months, U.S. and Canadian companies laid down 265 miles of railroad track to connect the site with Port Hedland, which until the iron boom had been a decaying northwestern port on waters swarming with deadly stonefish, sea snakes and sharks. When a despondent prospector blew himself up on the front porch of the Esplanade Hotel a decade ago, he disturbed only half a dozen people...
...resolving the housing crisis in the City it is absolutely imperative that all cooperate and coordinate their activities toward that end. None can afford the luxury of standing idly pointing the finger of criticism at somebody else. If you are not part of the solution then you are port of the problem...
...Arab pickpockets specialize in port cities. They use razors to slit back pockets of tourists in bars. They bump up against people brusquely, with no finesse...