Word: shores
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Czar Alexander I, spreading his claims down the western coast of North America from the Bering Strait to Vancouver Is land, forbade all foreign ships to approach within "100 Italian miles" of shore on pain of confiscation. The U.S. put the world on notice that "the American continents are henceforth not to be considered as subject for further colonization." Further concerned that the "Holy Alliance" of Russia, Prussia and Austria might launch a war to restore newly liberated Latin American nations to the Spanish throne, Madison and Adams warned that the U.S. would view interference as the manifestation...
...operating altitude (under 500 ft.) provided an almost perfect platform for the giant (40 ft., 12,000 lbs.) radar antenna rotating inside the helium-filled gas bag. Its great endurance (up to 95 hours without refueling) promised ample range as it beat to seaward off the New Jersey shore one day last week in search of a racing sloop, overdue on a Bermuda-to-Long Island...
...Stanza 1, the girl is "afraid to come out of the locker," and by Stanza 2, she has a blanket around her and is "bundled up on the shore." Somehow, she manages to immerse herself before the outset of Stanza 3, which finds her "afraid to come out of the water," for none of the reasons that come most readily to mind. It's simply that she is embarrassed...
While his pals sang, young George Senyk, 15, quietly slipped away. His counselors had designated him a "victim" for a training exercise. His orders were to wade to a small island some 400 yards off the river shore and "act like I was sick" until senior scouts arrived to save him. But George discovered that the river-shallow enough when the counselors had tested it that morning-had risen dangerously. Its swift current was washing a tricky pattern of gulleys and holes in the sandy bottom. A weak swimmer, he wisely decided to wade ashore and hunt up another, safer...
...scrambling for footholds or handholds, the entire line was washed into deep water. Some panicked. By the time Boykowycz regained his footing and helped other counselors drag survivors ashore, six scouts had drowned. But their absence was not noted until the bedraggled bunch had been assembled on the shore for roll call...