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...with good reason. Annual floods smother the land with thick layers of silt that dry into impenetrable clay. What's more, says Diehl, "about 80% of the entire Olmec territory in southern Mexico has been converted in the past 20 years from jungle to cow pastures and sugar-cane fields. There's so much vegetation on the surface that you can't just pick up pottery. Generally, you can't even see the ground." Beyond that, the hot, humid climate makes the work extremely unpleasant...
...growers, both Southern cane farmers and Midwestern beet growers, outfoxed not only congressional reformers but also a high-powered coalition of sugar and sweetener users such as Coca-Cola and Hershey Foods. These opponents were joined by environmental groups, particularly those in Florida, where phosphorus-laden runoff from sugarcane fields has been turning stretches of the Everglades into cattail-clogged waters...
...similar attempt to dismantle the program on a 61-to-35 vote in February, albeit after some more conventional politicking--a deft Bob Dole maneuver. The majority leader--cum--presidential candidate pushed through a measure that earmarked $200 million to help clean up the Everglades by purchasing adjacent cane fields and retiring them from production. That placated colleagues concerned about the impact of sugar farming and made it easier for them to perpetuate price supports...
...glad I came," Falk told the crowd after the 'Poonsters presented him with a tophat and cane...
...raspy voice, wryly unflappable manner and ever present cigar were trademarks as familiar as Chaplin's cane or Lucy's red hair. Burns was not a particularly influential or groundbreaking comic, like Groucho Marx or George's old friend Jack Benny. But no one commanded the stage with more easygoing--and, as the years went on, inspiring--authority. He was 62 when his wife and longtime partner Gracie Allen retired, but his career was barely past its midpoint. He went on to even greater success in nightclubs, television and movies. His longevity became part of his appeal and the subject...