Word: del
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...region has long been aware of its special vulnerabilities. Its water comes in by aqueducts that a big quake would fracture. Like the devastated Marina district in San Francisco, parts of coastal communities such as Marina Del Rey, Venice and Long Beach are built on sandy soil and landfill that could liquefy during a temblor, amplifying its destructive impact. State transportation officials last week handed the city council a list of 48 highway bridges and overpasses that need reinforcement to withstand a powerful quake. Cost: $32 million. Los Angeles' city engineer Robert Horii informed the city council that $100 million...
...trained engineer who served as president ofthe Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral inthe early 1970s. Parodi said that Ecuador mustnegotiate alternative repayment methods to avoidthrowing its budget into disarray and slashingsocial spending...
...last comparable meeting of the Western Hemisphere's leaders took place in 1967 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, attended by President Lyndon B. Johnson and 19 others...
...more prestigious to be a cheerleader in high school," Del Barrio says...
...consider it a sport. I come home with bumps and bruises every week," Del Barrio adds. "I've sprained both my ankles cheerleading...