Word: sanding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gently but relentlessly, the waves of the Gulf of Mexico pound the powdery white sand of the barrier reef off Texas' coast. The clear green water, and the silt and sand it has deposited over the centuries, created Padre Island, and have made it an increasingly popular vacation paradise. Yet what the waves have given, they are now taking away. Gently but relentlessly, Padre Island seems to be falling into...
...people. A person may own land to the water's edge but may not fence offer build on the beach itself. Virtually everybody in South Padre supports that concept. Says Lilljedahl: "Without these fine beaches for people to use, we're nothing but a pile of sand...
Mike Stenhouse launched a drive toward Shemp in center, who did his best rendition of the Latin Hustle only to have the ball fall near his right shoulder for a double and a run batted in. Two more runs scored as Bingham lofted a sand wedge to short left (a nice over-the-shoulder catch by shortstop Tim Garverick) for a sacrifice fly and Chuck Marshall ripped a single to left...
Edward Ball, 91, a senior trustee of the multimillion-dollar Alfred I. duPont estate, Jacksonville, Fla. Ball is investing his cash in what he calls "Florida sand and mud." Says he: "Real estate of almost any type is a good buy. There's only so much of it here, and there are more people every month...
...first and still biggest pleasure complex to sprout in the wilderness, in 1962, was the Kaanapali Beach Resort on Maui's west coast, overlooking the cloud-capped, green-velvet islands of Molokai and Lanai. On 470 acres girdled by three miles of wide white sand beach, Kaanapali has more than 2,200 rooms divided among the Sheraton-Maui, Royal Lahaina (the island's largest), Kaanapali Beach and Maui Surf hotels. Other Kaanapalitan lures include two championship golf courses (several couples each year get married on the 18th hole); 20 tennis courts; Whaler's Village, a 30 store...