Word: area
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Organizers of the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Volunteer Project, just into its second year of operation, said they are working to educate New Yorkers about opportunities for public service, and running their own programs in the metropolitan area...
Even the most successful black mayors can also fall prey to the arrogance and corruption that have dogged many of their white counterparts. Last week the city attorney of Los Angeles concluded that five-term Mayor Tom Bradley "clearly stepped into that gray area between factual innocence and a chargeable offense" after Bradley's phoning the city treasurer last March on behalf of a bank that employed him as an outside "adviser" led to a city deposit of $2 million. The city attorney also filed a civil suit accusing Bradley of failing to disclose on city conflict of interest forms...
...protection of the national park, the population of wading birds has dropped from more than 2.5 million in the 1930s to 250,000. Thirteen Everglades animals are now endangered species. Only about 30 Florida panthers remain, and in recent years several have been killed on roads cutting through the area. Half the original Everglades has been lost to development. Now the biggest threat comes not from bulldozers but in nutrient-laden runoff from sugarcane and vegetable farms that lie to the north, between the Everglades and its chief source of water, Lake Okeechobee...
Bush yesterday declared the U.S. Virgin Islandsa disaster area and a White House spokespersonsaid a similar declaration was expected soon forPuerto Rico, which suffered widespread damage...
...said that would be enough flight time to take the plane over the border into neighboring Niger. It reported no unusual weather in the area at the time...