Word: shore
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Curtain Up. The hurricane sawed its way up the eastern shore of Maryland, the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey with ponderous leisure, its center still offshore. Mile by mile, rain fell, the skies darkened; the wind stirred, then blew, then howled, and the downpour multiplied. Mile by mile along the coasts the great pressure of air pushed the tide into towns, sent great seas tumbling and smashing upon the land. Then the lights went out and telephone lines went down; the chattering radios were stilled, and the candles were lit. At Atlantic City the wind ripped up the famed...
...roads and millions of automobiles, to mail-order houses, department stores and supermarkets; of a nation of builders and movers. It was also a miracle in the British tradition, begotten of a people who for generations have sailed all waters, great and small, and delivered their goods to every shore and harbor of the world...
...manner of praise should be given to the Committee that planned and carried out the affair. The Parker House Roof had everything and everybody was there. What a list of celebrities Governor Salfonstall, Admiral Theohold, Senator Walsh, Dinah Shore and Tommy Tucker to name a few. All these were invited and would have come if they had the time. But there were many there. Particularly in the cocktail lounge. There, a happy crowd gathered amidst pleasant conviviality, piled four or five deep. At one time I had the horrible experience of seeing my girl with four legs and three hands...
When the sub moved in for a rescue, Jap shore batteries opened up on it. Shells landed so close that the skipper was forced to submerge. Then & there, he invented a brand-new rescue technique...
Also featured in the Progressive is a statement by Professor Santillana of M.I.T., endorsed by Harvard's Salvemini and La Piana, revealing for the first time "reliably reported" Allied-Italian armistice terms. According to the article, Italy will cede the entire eastern shore of the Adriatic to Yugoslavia, certain territories to France, and Pantelleria and other islands to Britain. The article places emphasis on the reported economic terms...