Word: roading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Grande, at the very southern tip of the island, has paid off with some local accumulation of sand. The southern half of the town's developed area, which includes a large Hilton hotel and condominiums, currently has no problems with erosion. But just a mile up the road, where much of the new development is taking place, the island is getting smaller and smaller. In the past century, according to the Texas bureau of economic geology, the land disappeared at an average rate of 12 ft. a year...
...being adopted in the legal code of that oil-rich desert state. Responding to a groundswell of Muslim fundamentalism, Egypt's People's Assembly is also debating the imposition of the Shari'a, which could close down the bars, nightclubs and gambling casinos that glitter along Cairo's Pyramid Road...
...difficult to believe this story or to care about it. Although Drew and Rose marie are adults, their relationship is founded on nothing but abject puppy love. Their careers are scarcely more interesting than their emotions. Drew aspires only to be a middle-of-the-road pop star along the lines of Barry Manilow. Rosemarie is not so much a ballerina as a fledgling Broadway chorus girl. Were this team to make it, they would still never amount to much more than the Captain and Tennille...
Hunt counseled against reading too much into the fact that nine records were broken, noting that the old marks were set when the program was just embarking on the road to respectability. He expects that the records will continue to fall as the season progresses...
BOSTON'S MARATHON brings a spectacular occassion to town. Throughout its glorious history, the road race has grown from a local event to a nationwide example of the beauty and majesty of athletic competition...