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...these 25,000-and the countless thousands more in other new buildings, plus those who come to do business with them-that are posing a problem for New York as big as the Pan Am Building itself. For New York is a tidal city, and the tide is human...
...became a member of the faculty. Life became a succession of successes. He had close and congenial friends in Painters Niles Spencer, Louis Bouché and Peggy Bacon (whom he married in 1920), and every year seemed to bring on a new academic fellowship or another award. Until the tidal wave of abstract art inundated the galleries, no show of contemporary U.S. art seemed complete without an Alexander Brook...
...easily. At one time Alcatraz held military prisoners; later it became a domicile for such eminent civilians as Al Capone and "Machine Gun" Kelly. Many have tried to escape, but all were either killed or recaptured, save for three, in 1937. who almost certainly drowned in the strong tidal currents...
Almost from takeoff. Operation Tidal Wave lost the necessary ingredient of surprise ; the Germans had cracked the Allied code and tracked the planes all the way to the target. Over the Mediterranean, the lead Liberator carrying the mission navigator suddenly staggered out of formation and crashed into the ocean. It was a disastrous mishap: hours later the lead wave took a wrong heading just short of the target, and Operation Tidal Wave began to disintegrate into chaos...
...latest in jetliners and the pride of American Airlines-rose dramatically, boosted by its new turbofan engines. At about 700 feet the jet banked smoothly to the left in accordance with its flight plan, then veered sharply, almost rolled over completely-and plunged nose first into the tidal marshes of Jamaica...