tank town
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Life in and around their pelagic tank town is the subject of this eerie, colorful documentary by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a successor to his awesome epic, The Silent World.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1940 Las Vegas was a scraggly tank town with a tumbleweed economy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its actors are unknowns, its scene a Southwestern tank town, and its subject boredom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Together they tour the tank town rodeo circuit, always following the same strategy.
From Time Magazine Archive
She waited by the window, looking out upon without seeing the few rude buildings that composed a tank town at which the train had made a halt for water.
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph
