Word: florida
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...only in cases involving wanton murderers who would otherwise pose a "threat to society." The Colorado legislature this year passed a tough new capital-punishment statute co-sponsored by State Senator Ray Powers. Even so, Powers declares, "we're just not a death-penalty state like, say, Florida, and this law isn't going to make...
...troubled P.B.A., which was shut down briefly last month by the Federal Aviation Administration for alleged safety violations, including poor maintenance, inadequate pilot training and falsification of inspection records. Before it was grounded, P.B.A. was the largest commuter airline in the country, carrying 4,000 passengers daily, mostly in Florida and New England. P.B.A. had resumed flying only twelve days before last week's crash. Congress plans to ask the FAA why it returned P.B.A.'s license so soon. "There was a lot of pressure to get this carrier back in the skies again," said Congressman Dan Glickman...
When Fidel Castro opened up the Cuban port of Mariel in 1980 and approximately 125,000 Cubans streamed into the U.S., President Carter urged Congress to pass legislation making the newcomers eligible for permanent resident status. But Congress never complied. Since then, the Marielitos, most of whom live in Florida, have remained in legal limbo. That began to change last week when new regulations went into effect permitting the Marielitos to register for permanent resident status. Outside Miami-area immigration offices, Marielitos crowded into lines as early as 3 a.m. At week's end over 20,000 had taken...
...stemware ($35, $36) and silver-plate candlesticks and bowls ($125 to $350). The collection shuns traditional five-piece place settings for eclectic offerings. There is, for instance, Venturi's complex "Grandmother," a pastel floral print overlaid with bold black dashes. "Miami Beach," by Spear, a partner in Florida's brash Arquitectonica firm, mixes soft-colored blobs and a bright red bar. Chicago's Tigerman, known for his theatrical home designs, created "Sunshine," in which bold colors interplay with a cartoon-cute pink angel. The elegant and evocative "Majestic," by Stern, a professor of architecture at Columbia University...
...York City has been host to 42 films, among them Garbo Talks and Falling in Love with Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro. The next two busiest states are Texas and Florida. Although Florida Governor Bob Graham's goal is to make the state the film center of the world within 20 years, Texas, where 30 feature film and television productions were shot last year, appears to have as good a chance of becoming the "third coast...