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Santa Monica

City in Los Angeles County, southwest California, USA, 22 km/14 mi west of the centre of Los Angeles; population (1990) 86,900. It has a beach and is a popular resort and residential area. The principal industry is now tourism, although specialized engineering and aircraft manufacturing are still important. Near Santa Monica is the J Paul Getty Museum with a formidable art collection. The city is home to the Santa Monica College (1929).



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The truth was that as I sat in the Tyler library at Santa Monica I commenced to feel a trifle foolish and to wish that I had merely forwarded the manuscript by express instead of bearing it personally, for I confess that I do not enjoy being laughed at.
The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
It was a happy party that sailed north toward sunny, southern California, the old U-33 trailing in the wake of the Toreador and flying with the latter the glorious Stars and Stripes beneath which she had been born in the shipyard at Santa Monica.
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