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...Germany and the Netherlands, where oceanfront property has been heavily developed. In the U.S., entire coastal areas are disappearing into the sea. Virtually every mile of shoreline is affected in every state that borders an ocean, as well as those on the five Great Lakes, where large chunks of waterfront property have been lost or damaged due to record-high water levels in recent years. Some 86% of California's 1,100 miles of exposed Pacific shoreline is receding at an average rate of between 6 in. and 2 ft. a year (the cover photo shows the coast northwest...
...lower floors could have an unimpeded view of the ocean, the dunes were simply bulldozed away. Since then, the ocean has come to see the tourists: beneath many buildings, pilings are exposed to the waves. At Garden City, S.C., just south of Myrtle Beach, where big condos dot the waterfront, crumbled seawalls and wrecked swimming pools testify to the power of storms unchecked by protective dunes...
...symbolic meeting in Congress Hall on July 16, and on Sept. 17 -- the day the Constitution was formally approved by convention delegates -- President Reagan, former Chief Justice Warren Burger and congressional leaders will be present as a giant parade passes Independence Hall. A mammoth picnic along the Delaware River waterfront will follow the marching -- the "ultimate American picnic," according to planners...
...first two sets, we spoon-feed them," Stan was explaining the other night at a place called O'Shea's, a vast waterfront establishment that seats 500 when they aren't dancing to Stan. "We mute the trumpets and the trombones, and we blow easy. After that, we let them have it." And so he did, with Sing, Sing, Sing, Sing...
...floor, old and young rose to dance, some lacking a certain fluidity, but all quite game. The lights from O'Shea's played on the waterfront outside the dance hall, and off in the mangroves of Marco Island an insect combo embellished the Spiro sound with a contrapuntal hum. It was all bloody romantic, and when a paddle-wheeler, the latest O'Shea expansion, came to berth with 100 or so diners aboard, they simply fell to working off their meals aerobically: a waltz to warm up, a jitterbug for the cardiovascular good, a waltz to cool down. "I never...