Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...East Germans build the Berlin Wall to stop the flood of refugees to the West. The U.S. takes no action, reinforcing European doubts about the American will...
...back channels," indirect and discreet means of communication between governments that appear barely on speaking terms. Since Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy, a number of back-channel messages have flowed between the Iranian and U.S. governments. Most often the messengers have been Swiss diplomats. But last week a flood of light on the back channels disclosed the activities of a collection of surprising messengers: an Argentine fixer, a leftist French lawyer, and White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan. Disguised as a middle-aged man, with a gray wig, mustache and tinted glasses, the 35-year-old Jordan...
...they are often invisible to pleasure cruisers. Collisions are common, and even if the manatee survives, its 1-in.-thick skin is brutally gouged by the sharp blades. One marine expert estimates that 80% of the state's manatees are propeller-scarred. Manatees also drown by drifting into flood-control gates; some have been cruelly murdered by vandals...
...property and transformed it into big box office. In the decades A.T., film companies learned to acquire novels before publication-particularly if the author was a known quantity, like Irving Wallace or Jacqueline Susann. Publishers also learned to produce prose spin-offs-novelizations of hit movies. The current flood includes Alien, The Rose and Star Wars...
...residents fled San Jacinto when the flood-swollen river that runs through town burst its levees. Said Jane Hoff of the town officials' warning to leave: "They came through with a fire truck and a loudspeaker. I was scared to death." In Palm Springs, levees burst along the Palm Canyon Wash and 1,000 people were sent to evacuation centers. Governor Jerry Brown sent 100 National Guardsmen to prevent looting...