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Since the Government sunk millions into the London ring without any immediate profits, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government did not designate any new towns in England until a few years ago. Now profits from increased land values in the London ring, together with the development of the town center concept by a prominent architect, has led to the designation of another ten towns...
Buildings & Brides. Another coup came last year when Kroyer was called upon to salvage a 2,700-ton steamer that had sunk in Kuwait harbor and could not be raised by conventional pumping. Though he had never raised any vessel bigger than a test tube, Lab-lubber Kroyer had the answer. He shot the hull full of pea-sized, high-flotation, plastic-foam pellets until it bobbed to the surface, pocketed a handsome...
...expected that papa had another 20 years of healthy despotism ahead, had to fill his big boots. Mourning marred the sumptuous Orthodox wedding, and worse was to come. At war with Japan in 1905, Nicky sent the Russian Baltic battle fleet lum bering round the world, but it was sunk in 45 minutes at Tsushima. What Nicky called the "monkeys" (he had never forgiven that slice on the scalp) had defeated mighty Russia...
...long reflecting pool surrounded by broad walkways for outdoor sculpture displays. But he had no desire to interrupt the two-mile vista that stretches from the Capitol past the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial-a vista Bunshaft considers "one of the greatest in all architecture." Instead, he has sunk the pool and sculpture area 7 ft. below the Mall level. So vast are distances in official Washington that the 7-ft. dip will appear, if at all, as the merest line across the grass...
...that cost Japan the battle. Carrier Force Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo delayed too long before ordering up a strike on the American ships. While his carrier aircraft were loading up, Nimitz's admirals launched their own air strikes, and within hours, the carriers Akagi, Kaga and Soryu were sunk...