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| | A Chunnel for the "Great Wet Ditch" -- Monday, Sep. 24, 1973 -- Page 1 -- TIME |
 | | Queen Victoria promised De Gamond the blessing of "all the ladies of England" if he could carry it off, but the whole thing was quashed by suspicions that Napoleon III might have in mind a cross-Channel invasion. |
 | | Detractors of the tunnel complain that the government has rushed ahead so quickly with the project that it has not given due consideration to alternatives, as, for example, bigger and better Hovercraft. |
 | | While the tunnel may well be the best possible way to maintain Britain's thrust into Europe, it will have its victims. |
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