Word: sand
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Picture a white-sand beach swept by a balmy breeze with nothing more pressing than whether to read a novel or visit a sugar plantation in old Barbados. The stuff of romance, yes. But in the Capitol, it is the essence of lobbying. Lobbying mixes people of the same interests and temperament, adds good food, fine wine and the occasional getaway -- and also produces relationships. And just because one of the companions always picks up the tab doesn't make the liaisons meaningless. Indeed, in most cases, the links are all too serious...
...here tonight because we're Democrats," Roosevelt said. "We care about people, but we will not stick our heads in the sand...
Dave busted out the cooler, which had some chips and salsa and stuff in it and--yes, oh yes--three ice cold ones. I decided to save my brewski until we hit the sand, and instead drank in the intoxicating fresh seashore air. We shelled out two bucks to park in the Crane's Beach parking lot, which was a pretty good deal...or so we thought. The guy who took the money appeared to be an actual park ranger, which we took as a good sign that we were really in nature...
...while you can't go swimming at the white-sand beaches yet, many of the island's museums and historical attractions are open for business...
With sea level expected to rise an additional 5.7 in. to 7.7 in. during the next 20 years, beaches will continue to retreat, diminishing the sand barriers that protect $2 trillion worth of insured property along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S. A study by Travelers Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, estimates that even a modest 0.9 degreesF increase in average global temperature by the year 2010 could produce a 20-day extension of the hurricane season, a 33% jump in hurricane landfalls in the U.S., an increase in the severity of the storms and a 30% annual...