George Santayana was a Spanish American aesthetic theorist and philosopher known for the philosophical texts Scepticism and Animal Faith (1923) and Dominations and Powers (1951). THE SUMMER OF 1988 WAS REAL `WASTE FOR MANY U.S. Ocean County officials reported that two people, a woman in Brick Township and a boy walking the beach in Ship Bottom, had stepped on hypodermic needles that washed ashore. James Meredith initially tried to enroll in 1961 but was denied admission by the university. 1989. Apart from that, the waste consisted of crack vials, Finally, once the beach was cleaned, no more were deposited by the next tide. Another devastation to the 1980s United States was the crack epidemic: a significant increase in the use of crack cocaine, an affordable, highly addictive, and smokable form of cocaine. In the summer of 1988, however, the beaches became contaminated by a growing volume of assorted garbage. By nightfall, the riot had turned violent, and the white mob was shooting and throwing rocks at the U.S. marshals. According to Environmerica Team, the medical waste and spillage was linked to a landfill on Staten Island in 1987, and New York was forced to pay for the cleanup in addition to a $1 million fine for pollution damages (via The New York Times). Dr. Joseph said said that he and his fellow commissioners had decided that the situation at Midland Beach was entirely different from the one at Rockaway Beach, which was closed briefly last Friday after 10 small syringes were found and identified as the sort that might have been left behind by heroin addicts shooting up on the beach. After departing from Tel Aviv to fly to Paris, the plane was redirected to Entebbe Airport, in Uganda, where the hijackers demanded $5 million along with the release of pro-Palestinians imprisoned in various countries. 67%. An environmental disaster caused significant amounts of medical waste, including used syringes, to wash up along the Jersey Shore in 1987-1988. Up until 1957, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover insisted that there was no such thing as the Mafia in the United States. Dacron, which debuted in 1951, is the brand name of an artificial high-strength textile fiber sometimes used in medical procedures. The Africa Report reports that President Joseph Kasavubu was finally convinced to dismiss Lumumba on Sept. 5, 1960, but after Lumumba refused to back down, the United States decided to back Joseph-Dsir Mobutu's coup d'tat. With one of the hottest summers in 119 years - the temperature in Manhattan passed the 90-degree mark 32 times - it should have been a banner year. 25 results for "1988 w 2" hide this ad. But after breaking up with him on Jan. 19, 1958, she came home two days later to find him there, claiming that he was holding her family hostage and that they would be killed if she didn't follow his instructions, according to WyoHistory. He oversaw much of the Second Vatican Council, which ran from 1962 through 1965, and his tenure affirmed the Roman Catholic Churchs opposition to birth control and its firm stance on priestly celibacy. In the 1950s, thalidomide was developed by Chemie Grnenthal GmbH, a West German pharmaceutical company. Finally, officials found the cause of the large amounts of medical waste in Staten Island, New York. WebKiss Me * Lego House * Photograph * Sing * Tenerife Sea * Thinking Out Loud. Often, babies were born with phocomelia, "resulting in shortened, absent, or flipper-life limbs." Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Syringe Tide is when medical waste is dumped into the sea. your username. Nikita Khrushchev (as seen in number 29 on this list) served as prime minister of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964, during which time he pursued policies of de-Stalinization and peaceful coexistence with the capitalist West. MILITARY ANNOUNCER: Attention. In 1956 the U.S. Supreme Court declared Montgomerys segregated public transit to be unconstitutional. According toHelix, thalidomide interfered with fetal development, since it could affect hearing, eyesight, limbs, and/or internal organs. Editors Note: We're blogging through We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel. When Syria entered a union with Egypt in 1958, Chamouns Muslim opponents in Lebanon demonstrated to join the alliance. He said he found most of them along the berm. The song was spawned out of a conversation that Joel had with Sean Lennon in the studio. Drug Paraphernalia. According to Chief Bailey, the highest tides of the year took place in December, followed by recent rains. Sharps used to be incinerated, but the process let loose some noxious pollutants, and other ways had to be invented. 92%. She died in 1962 after an overdose of barbiturates. 25 results for "1988 receiving" hide this ad. Meanwhile, Lumumba was assassinated on Jan. 17, 1961, in "a culmination of two inter-related assassination plots by American and Belgian governments, which used Congolese accomplices and a Belgian execution squad to carry out the deed.". 1988 RECEIVING. 2. : used for putting fluids into or taking fluids out of the body by By the mid-1950s, thalidomide was being marketed in 46 different countries. Revealed by a 1959 federal investigation, the payola scandal saw radio deejays taking bribes to promote certain songs and records. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. WebFor the word puzzle clue of 1988 ws, the Sporcle Puzzle Library found the following results. Federal marshals were sent to Oxford to prepare for the protest, but the evening before Meredith arrived, a riot broke out made up of KKK members, high school and college students, people from outside Oxford, and Oxford residents. The French film actress Brigitte Bardot became an international sex symbol in the 1950s and 60s after posing for the cover of Elle at age 15. However, although all of the events mentioned in the song were once headline stories, some of them have faded from public memory. Since Wilson and Foreman were both on the Hollywood blacklist for alleged communist ties, Boulle received the films honors alone. According to Accord, Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba requested assistance from the United Nations, but Western nations, especially the United States, saw Lumumba's anti-colonial rhetoric as a threat to their own interests. "Just call it over and let's get on with it," said New York's top parks official. Determined to The cause was improper disposal of medical waste at the areas largest landfill: instead of following the proper procedures, workers were sending medical waste and other garbage out to sea. Entertainers, CIA agents, army lawyers, and journalists were indiscriminately accused of spying for the Soviet Union. According to Lincoln Libraries, the Starkweather case became "one of the most heavily publicized mass murders in U.S. history, drawing national attention both to Nebraska and to the psychological issues surrounding disaffected youth.". Initially "the girl who didn't want to go", she grew to love fulltime travel and the adventures it offered. Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, leading the country through the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. In Billy Joel's iconic song, he lists over 100 famous events and people starting in the year 1949, the year that Joel was born, and ending in 1989, the year that the song was released. Maos goals were to create a fully socialist societyand, eventually, world communism. The forward, played first, says "Beyond the Realms Of Death". In 1962, thalidomide was either banned or given a warning label. Some items in his list are obviousthe names of world leaders, Watergate, the invention of televisionwhile some are obscure: What in the world is a rock and roller Cola War? As a result, assistance was given in exchange for Lumumba's removal from power. Elizabeth II was crowned queen of the United Kingdom in 1953, following the death of her father, George VI. Between 1987 and 1988, both New Jersey and New York were finding tons of medical waste on their shores. Walter Winchell was a journalist and radio host whose mix of news and gossip attracted the attention of Americans from the 1930s through the 1950s. It was a critical turning point to the general outlook on environmentalism. At one point, passengers who weren't Israeli or Jewish were released, according to The New York Times, although the flight crew chose to stay behind with the remaining hostages. Boris Pasternaks novel Doctor Zhivago, an epic tale of the effects of the Russian Revolution in 1917 and its aftermath on a bourgeois family, was published in 1957 and became an international hit, earning Pasternak the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died in 1952. All 119 References in We Didnt Start the Fire, Explained By that point, even a mid-level DJ was making "$50 a week, per record, to ensure a minimum amount of spins." When the United States invaded Lebanon in 1958, few would've guessed that it would become the first in a long list of military interventions in the Middle East. WebHypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law. Web1988. According to Black Past, state and federal troops had to be brought into the university, also known as Ole Miss. Meanwhile, the Belgian army also mobilized in the Katanga Province and, under the leadership of Mose Kapenda Tshombe, seceded from the DRC. We have no state: we are refugees We had to ring the bell in a different way." Disneys Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier premiered in 1955, following the real (but often exaggerated) exploits of the legendary frontiersman and politician. In 1956 Hollywood star and Hitchcock muse Grace Kelly abandoned her acting career to marry Rainier III, prince of Monaco. The extravagantly costumed pianist Liberace built his career playing popular music in his own unique style. On April 12, 1955, it was announced to the public that trials of the first polio vaccine, developed by Jonas Salk, were successfulthe vaccine worked. He said tourism was up as much as 24 percent. He was also its widely traveling foreign minister from 1949 to 1958. Al Jazeera reports that this was "the first overt US military intervention in the region," and after landing on Khalde beach on July 15, 1958, within four days there were 14,000 U.S. troops in Beirut. In 1962 German Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was executed by the State of Israel for his extensive role in the Holocaust, which included organizing the transport of Jewish residents of Nazi-occupied states to death camps. The country is operating under martial law. City Hall was closed for the holidays during the last week of December. Midland Beach, a stretch of the eastern shore of Staten Island from Seaview to Greeley Avenues, remained closed yesterday for the second day as officials from the city's health, sanitation and parks departments met to discuss the confusing events of recent days. The original iteration of the park included Main Street, U.S.A, Fantasyland, Adventureland, Frontierland, and Tomorrowland (and, according to accounts of opening day, suffered from a barrage of unexpected guests who either sneaked in or entered with forged tickets). Champaign-Urbana History. Before there were any major environmental catastrophes, environmentalists focused on the effective utilization of natural resources. ANSWER. Typical of the jurisdictional confusion was the fact that both the state and city health departments were testing vials and syringes to determine, among other things, if they contained either the AIDS or the hepatitis B virus. An icon of 1960s counterculture, the book won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1962. Take a listen and see if you recognize all of the historical events that it lists. VACATIONLAND TO WASTELAND - The Washington Post "I didn't ever want to get involved," said Jeff Konner, owner of the Sea Spray Motel in Shipbottom, N.J. "But now I'll take a day off and go up with a group to Trenton. According to the head of the citys Marine Safety (Lifeguard) Department, the needles were most likely medical waste that had washed up on shore. Payola, a combination of "victrola" and "pay," once referred to the fact that vaudeville performers were bribed by music publishers to perform their songs. The syringes washed onto the beach over the course of several high tides. We didnt start the fire. A metaphor in reference to the constant infernal chaos of the world. In March 1977 U.S. PresidentJimmy Carter spoke of the need for a Palestinian homeland and described Palestinian participation in the Arab-Israeli peace process as crucial. He said Lifeguards have the equipment to collect the needles safely. Though the Allied powers originally planned to exit and leave Korea a united nation once more, Soviet and American interference created two very different governments: a communist state in the north and a democratic state in the south. In New Jersey and New York, vacationers and day visitors stayed away by the hundreds of thousands, and everyone from motel owners to local fishermen and parking lot attendants was hard hit.