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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ocean City, Md., developers hoping to reinvent Miami Beach, where a single mile of oceanfront is now worth an estimated $500 million, began building high-rises on the dune line in the 1970s. So that people on the lower floors could have an unimpeded view of the ocean, the dunes were simply bulldozed away. Since then, the ocean has come to see the tourists: beneath many buildings, pilings are exposed to the waves. At Garden City, S.C., just south of Myrtle Beach, where big condos dot the waterfront, crumbled seawalls and wrecked swimming pools testify to the power of storms...
Democrats are particularly sensitive to North's complaint that Congress has been a fickle patron of the rebels. One compromise may be to approve continued economic aid for Central American democracies but with a lower amount of military aid than the President requests. Another would be to approve "phase- out" funds to pay for contra resettlement. "Nobody's talking about no money," said Democratic Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin, another opponent. "It is going to be difficult to shut off the contras...
...alligator is not the only FWS success: the brown pelican, once in danger, is now off the list in several states. The bald eagle is up from its 1963 low of 417 active nests in the lower 48 states to some 2,000 breeding pairs this year -- not enough to be declassified but an impressive return for the national symbol. Unfortunately not all protected species can be coaxed into bouncing back. Despite government protection, there are no known California condors left in the wild; the remaining 27 are in captivity. And in 70 years of trying to save the whooping...
...results have apparently disturbed the networks. People-meter ratings have turned out to be as much as 10% lower than the traditional readings. Some - broadcast executives believe younger viewers record their habits more faithfully on the new meters, while older people who are not comfortable with high-tech gadgets ignore them. CBS complains that Nielsen's people-meter sample is skewed disproportionately to families with cable, who watch less network...
Born in a lower-middle-class subdivision in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, Minkow discovered early on that money was the magic carpet by which he could escape his humble origins. His family could not afford a baby-sitter, so after school the youngster did odd jobs for his mother at the local carpet- cleaning shop she managed. By the time he was ten years old, he was soliciting business over the phone. Five years later, in 1981, he bought some steam- cleaning equipment and set up shop in his family's garage. Unlike many entrepreneurs who give their companies...