Word: florida
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...Pollution, increasing salinity and encroaching farms and housing developments have reduced the wading-bird population in Florida's Everglades National Park by 90%, down from 2.5 million in the 1930s to 250,000 now. Thousands of acres in the "River of Grass" have been contaminated by pesticides from agricultural runoff...
...balance his time and priorities, giving back to his family in ways that aren't frivolous." One of those ways is by spending as much time as possible with Kaija, 38, and his sons, now twelve and 15, at the island house they own off the coast of Florida and at their recently purchased ranch-style home in Encino, Calif. Though both boys have had small featured roles in their dad's movies, Olmos takes great pains to keep them out of the celebrity spotlight. "Everyone could always do better," Olmos says. "But I think I spend a good deal...
...Florida, or your money back. Allies of Senator Bob Graham's are guaranteeing delivery of Florida if their guy is on the Democratic ticket. They have even paid for a poll that shows Dukakis-Graham taking the critical state by a comfortable 10-point margin...
...until recently lived near affluent Century City in Los Angeles. On the road he carries a secret credit card, which he used once to fly home for a role. Hopkins' companions are a Palm Springs horse breeder and a journalist. Across America, weekend hoboes include a Connecticut schoolmarm, a Florida minister, a Washington State college professor, even a Denver shopping center developer who hops freights to find remote fishing spots. They are among some 500 weekend rail riders on Hopkins' home computer and part of the 2,000-member association, which also publishes a newsletter. Not surprisingly, the railroads...
...major thing on the Dukakis side is that he lacks Washington experience, and I'm not sure if [first-term Florida Senator Robert Graham] has enough experience on Capitol Hill," Peterson said. "That makes some people in Washington like Lee Hamilton...