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...river view is a priceless asset, or so the residents of Davenport, Iowa, believed. Now, however, they are realizing that their postcard vistas came at a price. Two weeks ago, the town, which had chosen not to build a levee, was swamped by millions of gallons of murky water. Yet while Davenport flooded, the business district of nearby Rock Island, Illinois, barely got its feet wet. Reason: in 1971 Rock Island decided to build a rock-and-clay floodwall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Levees: Do They Work Too Well? | 7/26/1993 | See Source »

...real numbers will be. There are many being cast about, but they swirl like the river. The first estimates run to $1.2 billion in flood damage. Barge owners claim $1 million a day in lost business. Meanwhile, the river's height is nearing the records set in 1965. In Davenport, Iowa, the waters were 7 ft. above flood level. In St. Louis they were 10 ft. above. There the precipitation over the past six months has been more than twice the amount in the same period in 1992. The past eight months have been the wettest in Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mississippi Rising | 7/12/1993 | See Source »

...skills date back to childhood, during which Maher honed her shooting in front of her house in Davenport, lowa...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, | Title: A Modern Day Bas Hero | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...senior from Davenport, Iowa at last stood taller than all the rest. Taller than all the women who have called Briggs Cage their home...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, | Title: Brown Dashes W. Cagers' Ivy Title Hopes, 87-81 | 2/27/1993 | See Source »

...really caught fire against Cornell. The Davenport, Iowa native burned the Big Red (she sure did make 'em bleed) for a season-high 31 points. And Maher asserted her dominance in the Ivy League and the country from behind the arc. She hit five of the six treys she put up and knocked down all 10 of her freethrows to boot...

Author: By Y. TAREK Farouki, | Title: Maher Designated Player of the Week | 2/10/1993 | See Source »

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