Word: sanding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sample contains no more than a few grams of the gray dust, and without a microscope to reveal the amazing green, brown and white colors of the individual glass shards or the weird dumbell and spheroid shapes of the gray glass beads, it looks like so much beach sand...
...Todd, which has flowed only five times in the past ten years, was dry as a bone. Henley-on-Todd is the Aussies' put-down of England's very proper Henley-on-Thames Regatta. Fun it may be, but it also involves work: slogging through the sand of the riverbed is exhausting...
...unearthed parts of an Arab citadel. Michalowski dug into the citadel's foundations. Beneath its brick walls were the remains of what had once been a Christian cathedral, covering about 9,000 sq. ft. and intended for at least a thousand worshipers. Sustained by centuries of drifted sand, many walls were still standing. Most were decorated with splendid frescoes in a remarkable state of preservation...
...beaches, all sand, earth and ground, really belong to the public...
Under common law, the states own the portion of the beaches that lies between low and high water marks; the so-called "wet sand" is thus open to anyone. But it has never been made clear whether a person has the right to cross private property to gain access to that public land. In fact, some states grant vested rights in the beaches to the localities, which also claim authority to enforce restrictions on bathing by virtue of their police power. As a consequence, the law varies enormously from state to state and the rights of the public remain...