Word: shored
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...threat of such taxes has been enough to slow Monaco's building boom, which had become so big that the Mediterranean shore was being filled in to create more land. Real estate agents have not completed a single major deal since the crisis began, and the announcement of the new taxes immediately set off a sharp drop in real estate prices. Though the roulette wheels will continue to turn at Monte Carlo, gambling provides only about 5% of Monaco's income. With the incentive gone for foreign businessmen to set up headquarters in Monaco, Prince Rainier...
...North Shore Congregation Israel...
...Nekrasov, 51, toured the U.S. in November 1960. and from his glowing words in the past two issues of Moscow's literary magazine Novy Mir, he must have enjoyed himself. "Honest to God, beautiful," he declared of the view of sleek skyscraper apartments along Chicago's Lake Shore Drive. There were slums and poverty in Manhattan, he reported, but what seemed to strike him was the 21-in. TV sets in every hotel room, and museums crammed with "abundant and varied" treasures...
...earshot of a calypso singer or a steel band. El Conquistador, now in its first season, perches atop a cliff on the northeastern tip of the island, uses an aerial tramway to ferry guests to and from the white-sand beach below. Villa Parguera, on the southwest shore, specializes in deep-sea fishing; El Barranquitas in the mountainous interior has a spectacular view and an excellent cuisine. Puerto Rico's finest hotel is the Dorado Beach, 20 miles west of San Juan, built by Laurance Rockefeller and spread out over 1,200 acres, which include a private airport...
...beginning to select different solutions for different groups of delinquents," commented Shore. "The field is becoming very sophisticated compared to the past...