Word: seaports
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...dawn broke on the first day of the month, long lines of blue-uniformed militia, armed with lead-filled white truncheons, spread out along the deserted streets of the Polish seaport of Gdansk. During the past two years, supporters of the outlawed Solidarity trade union had turned the annual holiday celebration into a demonstration against the government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski. As they were last year, the authorities appeared thoroughly prepared to handle any attempt to disrupt the May Day parade...
...addition, visible downtown commercial development (Renaissance Center in Detroit, Faneuil Hall and now Copley Place in Boston, Peach tree Center in Atlanta, South Street Seaport and Battery Park City in New York) have created the illusion that urban decline is abating. The degree of attention devoted to the so-called issue of gentrification--the displacement of poor residents by young professionals--has added to this impression...
Invigorated by East River breezes, the vista of the Brooklyn Bridge and the aroma of the old Fulton Fish Market, New York City's South Street Seaport is unquestionably the year's most dramatic contribution to urban livability. A maritime museum, renovated warehouses, a new market hall, pushcarts, restaurants, stalls and stores that are not just cute boutiques, all evoke the atmosphere and bustle of the long-gone sailing-ship harbor. The architects are Benjamin Thompson & Associates, Beyer Blinder Belle, and Jan Hird Pokorny...
...right. By the time Walesa returned to his home in the Baltic seaport of Gdansk, 1,000 supporters had already gathered outside his apartment. "Lech, Lech," they chanted as they hoisted their hero into the air. Walesa dedicated the award to the 10 million members of the outlawed Solidarity movement. He immediately promised to turn the prize money over to a fund that the Roman Catholic Church has been trying to establish for the country's farmers...
This bomb was even more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, so much of an improvement that the first bomb was obsolete. It exploded on or near the ground, blasted a ghastly crater. It destroyed only one square mile of the Kyushu seaport, but spokesmen said that it had been more devastating than the first...