Word: shored
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...commuter ferry across the bay as too expensive and too slow. The whole Delmarva Peninsula took fright. So did the Virginia legislature, which appointed a committee to study the problem. Norfolk, which was in the midst of an effort to transform itself into something better than a sleazy shore-leave resort for 70,000 sailors, gave the project enthusiastic support. It took time. But by 1960, the bridge commission, headed by Eastern Shore Businessman Lucius Kellam, had floated a $200 million bond issue, and construction began...
Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore had mixed feelings. For Kellam and the development-minded, it promised new vitality and customers. But many mourned the loss of the Peninsula's relative isolation, which has made it a cherished corner of quiet. One gloomily predicted that the whole center of the peninsula was doomed to turn into a "one-street city, 70 miles long, a filling station, restaurant, antique shop and real estate office on every block...
...crushed Columbia by seven lengths--the biggest margin of the afternoon and a remarkable one for such a short distance. Stroke Galen Brewater's galiant sprit effort--with Columbia lengths behind and nearly out of sight--brought a roar of approval from the crowd lining the shore...
...heat, water or electricity opened their doors to the homeless. In the streets of the towns, volunteer workers joined military personnel in the unending job of picking up the pieces. In Seward a 30-ton fishing boat lay incongruously in a patch of woods several hundred yards from the shore. In the dockside railroad yard, a big switching engine rested on its side 200 ft. from the tracks...
...living, heavy imports and inflation has stalled the nation's fast postwar growth. The Milan stock market has dived, the lira has been trembling on world markets, and two weeks ago the U.S., the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank backed a $1.2 billion emergency loan to shore up the Italian economy. Last week, after the Italian Senate approved a stabilizing program that restricts installment-buying and raises taxes on cars and gasoline, automaking Fiat and Innocenti threatened to fire thousands of workers. Olivetti also announced cutbacks and layoffs. But amid these signs of protest and trouble, business...