Word: resorts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...resort needs a helping hand. It has lost many vacationers to the Caribbean islands and to attractions like Walt Disney World in central Florida. Many of the old hotels are barely surviving; many shops have shut their doors. Where young people once cha-chaed through the night, now the elderly struggle to survive on their Social Security checks...
Perhaps the biggest factor in the resort's decline is man's intervention with nature. One of the many barrier islands off the U.S.'s Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Miami Beach is vulnerable to waves, winds and the natural ebb and flow of its fragile sands. During the first great Florida land boom in the early 1920s and the second boom of the 1950s, the beach's problems were compounded by unrestrained growth. Developers put up mansions, hotels and condominiums almost at the water's edge, atop the dunes that protect the island from...
...attempt to contain erosion is futile. After spending millions of dollars on trying to save beaches along Cape Hatteras and elsewhere, the National Park Service decided that in most cases it was better to leave nature alone. But Miami Beach's leaders felt that the survival of the resort was at stake. With the support of the Florida congressional delegation, the Corps of Engineers began what is the largest beach restoration ever attempted. When the corps completes the project in 1981, it will have laid down 10.5 miles of new beach (1.2 miles in neighboring communities), with an average...
...French Riviera resort of Cannes last week, a stocky, balding Palestinian holidaymaker strolled leisurely back to his luxurious rented apartment on La Croisette after a lucky evening at the roulette tables. As the elevator doors let him out on the fourth floor, two sportily dressed young men-one described as a tall, blond European, the other as a slighter, darker man who could have been North African-pounced from the corridor. After a scuffle and a shot, the Palestinian was left dying with a .32-cal. bullet in his head...
...transmission problems that forced REMVEC officials to resort to a power cutback partially stemmed from the increased demand for electricity to cool buildings during the current hot spell...