Word: lakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Army Corps of Engineers on Sunday reported major cracks in three dams within 5 miles of the epicenter--Lexington, Newell Creek and Lake Elsman--but said they posed "no public threat at this time" because water is low behind them...
...been killed on roads cutting through the area. Half the original Everglades has been lost to development. Now the biggest threat comes not from bulldozers but in nutrient-laden runoff from sugarcane and vegetable farms that lie to the north, between the Everglades and its chief source of water, Lake Okeechobee...
...Federal Government contends that Florida, despite overwhelming demands on its limited natural resources, can re-create the ecological balance necessary to keep the Everglades alive. The water that replenishes the marshland once spilled out of Lake Okeechobee in a shallow sheet 50 miles wide, moving slowly south for 180 miles before emptying into Florida Bay. But since the mid-1960s, the lake overflow has been channeled through a massive flood-control project -- 1,400 miles of canals and hydraulic pumps that can drain a field or rush water to urban centers on command. Using computers, engineers now try to mimic...
...news is disappointing after Dragomirescu enjoyed one of her strongest seasons last spring. This summer, she reached the finals of the New York State Clay Court Championships in Forest Hills, N.Y. and the National Amateur Championships in Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. Teamed with Harvard teammate Jennifer Minkus, Dragomirescu advanced to the semifinals in the doubles competition at Forest Hills...
...mansions and ranches of the most prominent lords of the Medellin cartel: Pablo Escobar Gaviria and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. Colombian television showed viewers some indications of the drug lords' obscenely lavish life-styles. One of Rodriguez Gacha's spreads north of Bogota boasts several swimming pools, an artificial lake and a two-acre flower garden. Another Rodriguez Gacha mansion, inside Bogota, features a crystal staircase set amid pink marble walls and bathrooms equipped with gold-plated fixtures and rolls of Italian toilet paper on which were printed copies of classic artworks. Escobar's prize possession, a 1,000-acre...