Word: runoff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Miami, Mayor Xavier Suarez appeared headed for a runoff against the man he ousted two years ago. Former Mayor Maurice Ferre was in second place, with Black Republican attorney Arthus Teele Jr., in third...
...land protected because it is home to several endangered species including the Key Largo wood rat, the American crocodile, the Schaus butterfly, and the cotton mouse. The Key Largo parcel also is adjacent to the only living coral reef in North America, which environmentalists say could be killed by runoff from development...
...West Coast, houses perched atop cliffs create new runoff patterns for rainfall and irrigation; combined with seepage from septic systems, the drainage weakens the land itself. On the East and Gulf coasts, the major problem is destruction of beaches and sand dunes that normally check the ocean's force. Of particular concern are the 295 barrier islands -- strips of sand dune, marsh and sometimes forest -- that protect most of the U.S. coast from Maine to Texas. Not surprisingly, they are considered prime development spots: Atlantic City, N.J., Virginia Beach, Va., and Hilton Head, S.C., among others, were all built...
...bones are there, it is only in the figurative sense. Survivors of the highway construction said the dead could not be buried in the permanently frozen earth and were dumped instead in riverside snowbanks. Their corpses were washed away with the spring runoff and finally came to rest on the gold- rich bed of the Kolyma River...
Breaux's hope is to prevent Moore from winning the magic 50%, then to unify all the Democratic factions behind him for the runoff. "I have been an effective legislator," says Breaux. "I am talking performance while he is talking plans." Known as an artful wheeler-dealer on Capitol Hill, Breaux has $ in fact pushed through 19 pieces of legislation in the House, vs. none for Moore. The Democrat has played down the issue of party affiliation in his campaign, urging people to vote for the man, not the party. "I am an independent moderate Democrat," says he. "To elect...