Word: sand
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...from the Australian government that the area might be next on the terrorist hit list. At the trendy restaurant Ku De Ta, 20 or so tipsy Australian revelers wearing flower leis and fake horns circulate among the loungers and red umbrellas lining the beach, and couples dance in the sand, terrorism the last thing on their minds...
...from migraines and sick of suburban life, real estate agent Dawn Deel fled the outskirts of Detroit three years ago to build a new life in Golden Township, Oceana County, on Lake Michigan's eastern shore. Deel's new house, in an area known for the beauty of its sand-duned beaches and orchard-clad hills, overlooks a fallow field where cherry trees once grew. She hopes this bucolic vista will lure buyers to the adjacent plots she owns. Best of all, her migraines are gone. "Since I've been up here," she says, "my whole physiology has changed." Deel...
...Authority's negotiations. Tens of thousands of Gazans have driven south since the Israelis left to see the places where the settlements stood. To do so is to visit a landscape entirely new and strange, with ploughed over mud where army posts stood and settlers' demolished homes punctuating the sand dunes with bright piles of concrete...
...crowded Saturday, the popular tourist town of Kuta, the target of the 2002 attacks, was rocked by an explosion. A multistory restaurant was gutted. Simultaneously, restaurants around the crescent beach of Jimbaran Bay, not far south of Kuta, were attacked. Mangled bodies were laid out on the white sand. There were at least 22 dead. As for the injured, said an emergency worker, many had "their faces and arms ... ripped by the glass from stores." Quickly, candle vigils appeared on the island's sidewalks as banners asked, WHY BALI AGAIN...
...sits a few inches above ground and Pontiac skimped on a height-adjuster for the seats. Rear visibility is fine with the roof down, but when it's up the glass rear window provides minimal views. The cockpit feels sports-car Spartan; our test car featured a two-tone "sand-and-steel, " design scheme, with a five-speed manual shifter (don't ask for an automatic, Pontiac isn't making one). Those bezels around the gauges? They have the glint of chrome but turn out to be plastic. Then there's the question, which may arise on a weekend jaunt...