Word: cliffe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...London; Lisa Bowman of Mission Viejo, Calif.; Fiona Fox of Charlotte, N.C.; Jill Hutchinson of Madison, Wisc.; Sandy Junta of Summerset, N.J.; Anne Koerckel of Andover; Anne Hardy of Wallingford, Conn.; Nicole Engh of Alameda, Calif.; Heather McCann of Sunveil, Calif.; Maisha Moses of Cambridge; Valarie Mellen of Sea Cliff, N.Y.; Mary Ruppe of Mishawa, Ind.; and Julie Hopkins of Palo Alto, Calif...
...earth slid away from in front of their bluff-top home in Bolinas, Calif., about 30 miles north of San Francisco, and crashed to the beach below. A year later another 15 ft. vanished, leaving the house just a few feet from the edge of a 160-ft. cliff. So, in the summer of 1984, the Alfords moved their 1,300-sq.-ft. house 32 ft. back from the edge. Then came Valentine's Day 1985. Following unusually high tides, 30 ft. of land dropped into the sea. The foundation of the house remained just a foot from the precipice...
...travel destinations," while the Swiss National Tourist Office has mounted a $1 million publicity campaign that stresses Switzerland's "stability and tranquillity." A $3 million advertising blitz touting the pleasures of Greece includes a series of TV commercials, first aired last year, in which such all- American personalities as Cliff Robertson, Lloyd Bridges and Sally Struthers tell their compatriots, "I'm going home . . . to Greece...
...others oppose the plan, arguing that the volcano has provided them with an unprecedented opportunity to watch unhindered regeneration. Says Cliff Dahm, a biologist at the University of New Mexico: "It would be foolish to short-circuit nature's experiment...
...there spitting up black fluid." In such a conflict, justice can be harsh for captured invaders. Said a young guerrilla named Ismail: "We won't shoot them. Bullets are too expensive. Maybe we will stone them to death, or cut their throats, or throw them off a cliff." Despite heavy Soviet pressure, the resistance fighters remain confident. "The mujahedin are better organized than before, better unified than before, with better morale than before," says Massood Khalili, a guerrilla political officer. New weapons like surface-to-surface rockets, Oerlikon antiaircraft guns and the Stingers have helped immensely. The Stingers, for example...