The Mississippi River Delta of Plaquemines is also a base for assistance to offshore oil rigs.

Plaquemines has a significant seafood industry.

Located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, the village has been the seat for Plaquemines Parish since the formation of the parish.

The Plaquemines Parish Council has proposed to move the parish seat three times, but all were rejected by the voters.

In the early 1900s, Plaquemines was an exporter of citrus.

From 1919 to 1969, the parish was effectively ruled as part of the fiefdom of Leander Perez, a local Democratic official in neighboring Plaquemines Parish.

The levee breach caused flooding and widespread destruction in most of Eastern St. Bernard Parish and parts of Plaquemines Parish.

Plaquemines Parish (; Louisiana French: Paroisse des Plaquemines ) is the parish with the most combined land and water area in the U. S. state of Louisiana.

Plaquemines Parish is part of the New Orleans – Metairie – Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area.

The name " Plaquemines " was derived from French Creole and the Atakapa word, piakimin, meaning persimmon.

Because Plaquemines Parish encompasses the last of the Mississippi River, it is the site of several oil refineries, which rely on the shipping lanes for moving their product.

Plaquemines Parish was the first place in the United States where shippers used a container for cargo in foreign trade.

From 1919 to 1969, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes were effectively the domain of the political boss Leander Perez, who established a virtual dictatorship in the area.

This action resulted in the flooding of much of the less-populated St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes, causing widespread destruction to agriculture and housing.

Woodland Plantation is an antebellum mansion located in West Pointe à la Hache, on the West Bank of Plaquemines.

No place escaped without some damage, while most of Plaquemines, Orleans and the neighbouring St. Bernard parishes were severely hit.

Plaquemines Parish is bordered to the south and southeast by the Gulf of Mexico.

Since 1944 he has also conducted regularly at the San Francisco Opera, where he made his debut with a memorable performance of Verdi's Falstaff.

Though he is also concerned with freeing dance from pedestrian modes of activity, Merce Cunningham has selected a very different method for achieving his aim.

There was also a lesson, one that has served ever since to keep Americans, in their conflicts with one another, from turning from the ballot to the bullet.

I think that we are here also talking of the kind of fear that a young boy has for a group of boys who are approaching at night along the streets of a large city.

In addition, our way of dealing directly with natural phenomena has also changed.

also he is a drunk, and has lost his job on that account.

Today the private detective will also investigate insurance claims or handle divorce cases, but his primary function remains what it has always been, to assist those who have money in their unending struggle with those who have not.

Evidence is plentiful that early and later also he has been indebted to the Gothic romancers, who deal in extravagant horror, to the symbolists writing at the end of the preceding century, and in particular to the stream-of-consciousness novelists, Henry James and James Joyce among them.

It is, however, a disarming disguise, or perhaps a shield, for not only has Mercer proved himself to be one of the few great lyricists over the years, but also one who can function remarkably under pressure.

He has also enjoyed a successful career as an entertainer ( his records have sold in the millions ) and is a sharp businessman.

He has also an extraordinary conscience.

Mercer has also written both music and lyrics for several songs.

A slow and painful trend toward unification has taken hold, a trend which may at any time be arrested and reversed but which may also lead to a binding federation of Europe.

His successor, Secretary Goldberg, also has been guessing wrong on a drop in the unemployment rate which has been holding just under 7 per cent for the last 11 months.

St. Louis county under its present leadership also has largely closed its eyes to the need for governmental reform, and permitted parochial interests to take priority over area-wide interests.

Since the Connally amendment has the effect of giving the same right to the other party to a dispute with the United States, it also prevents us from using the court effectively.

But a realization that each group has much of substance to learn from the other also developed, and a strong conviction grew that each had insights and dimensions to contribute to ethically acceptable solutions of urgent political issues.

And so, let us remember on this day not only to thank the Almighty Who gave hope and courage to the Pilgrims, but also to place our trust in Him that He will continue to protect us in the future as He has in the past.

It has also been observed, in helium 2, that large discrepancies can exist between surface vapor pressures and those pressures measured by a vapor pressure thermometer.

I am also pleased to note that Mr. John B. Oakes, a member of the Times staff since 1946, has been appointed as editorial page editor.

Since then, there has been a notable increase in the number of stations and also the accumulation of additional data and the development of new techniques for using it, leading to a better understanding of propagation phenomena.

The president has little influence in day-by-day curricular changes, but if he looks ahead two, three, or five years to anticipate issues and throw out challenging ideas, he can open the way for innovation, and he can also have a great deal to say as to what path it will take.

If the superintendents do not receive more cooperation from Handlers, it has been suggested that licensed Judges also be qualified to judge this Class.

A beginner's shotgun has also been introduced this year.